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STATi r NEVADA 



Laws of Nevada 

Directly Applicable to the 

Livestock Industry 



^Compiled and Published by the 

STATE BOARD OF STOCK COMMISSIONERS 
1920 




Printed at 

State Printing Office— Joe Farnsworth, Superintendent 

CARSON CITY. -NEVADA 



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STATE OF NEVADA La,. 

Laws of Nevada Directly Applicable 
to the Livestock Industry 



COMPILED AND PUBLISHED 

By the 

STATE BOARD OF STOCK COMMISSIONERS 

1920 




Printed at 

State Printing Office— Joe Farnsworth, Superintendent 
CARSON CITY, NEVADA 



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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

JAN301922 

DOCUMENTS DiviSIOr 



INTRODUCTION 

The -preparation of this pamphlet, containing in compact and simple 
form the laws of Nevada how in effect for the regulation and protec- 
tion of the livestock industry, was prompted largely by the fact that 
the attempts of this Board to' secure better enforcement of the laws 
for the protection of the industry and the statements made by various 
livestock raisers at meetings of the Nevada Livestock Association made 
it plain that very few private individuals or peace officers had any very 
clear idea of the laws actually available for the protection of the live- 
stock industry. This condition is not to be wondered at in view of the 
fact that the laws in question have been enacted from time to time 
over a long period of years, and have had many amendments and 
nullifications by specific repeal or subsequent legislation counter to 
their provisions. 

The livestock industry constitutes such a large portion of the total 
industrial activities of the State of Nevada and its ramifications are 
so widespread and extensive that it may well be said that practically 
all the state statutes affect some aspect of it directly or indirectly, 
making it very difficult to decide what to include in a compilation of 
this sort; so that somewhat arbitrary lines had to be drawn in this 
connection, including only those statutes and portions of same con- 
cerned entirely or principally with the productive aspects of the 
industry. 

Some of the groups of laws largety or entirely omitted to which 
attention may be called and which may be of interest to livestock 
raisers, especially the larger operators, are those relating to general 
agriculture ; horse-racing ; pure food and drugs ; the development, 
location, and use of water ; lands ; labor ; industrial insurance ; gen- 
eral civil and criminal practice; state revenue, etc. Those especially 
interested in the laws relating to these subjects can generally obtain 
detailed information from the various departments of the State and 
Federal Governments charged with their administration, some of which 
have, in fact, prepared compilations similar to this for general distri- 
bution. 

As this publication is intended primarily for the use of laymen, the 
grouping of the various laws and the preparation of the index have 
been carried out in a manner intended to make the desired information 
most accessible to them, rather than along strictly legal lines. 



CONTENTS 



Note — Section numbers refer to figures at extreme left of each paragraph 
which run consecutively through this pamphlet; and not to section numbers of 
original acts. 

SECTIONS 

Law Creating the State Board of Stock Commissioners 1-23 

Law Creating the State Board of Sheep Commissioners 24—54 

Laws Relating to the Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases 

of Animals 55-85 

Laws Relating to the Destruction of Predatory and Noxious Animals, 

and Bounties for Same 86-100 

Laws Relating to the Qualifications of Breeding Stock 101-124 

Laws Relating to the Herding, Grazing and Driving of Live Stock and. 

the Shearing of Sheep 125-183 

Laws Relating to the Use and Recording of Marks and Brands of Live 

Stock, and Hide Inspection 184-215 

Laws Relating to Estray and Ownerless Animals 216-230 

Laws Relating to the Unlawful Use of Domesticated Animals 231-232 

Law Relating to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 233-249 

Laws Relating to the Assessment, Taxation and Licensing for Revenue 

of Live Stock 250-288 

Laws Relating to Liens on Live Stock 289-294 

Laws Relating to the Shipment and Sale of Live Stock and Dressed 

Carcasses ! 295-304 

Laws Relating to Railroads in Connection with Live Stock 305-316 

Laws Relating to the Pollution of Water Supplies and the Exposure of 

Poisonous Waste Products 317-327 

Law Relating to the Practice of Veterinary Medicine, Surgery and 

Dentistry 328-336 

Miscellaneous Laws Relating to the Livestock Industry 337-344 



The General Alphabetical Index of these laws, by 
sections, will be found at the end of this pamphlet. 



LAW CREATING THE STATE BOARD OF STOCK 
COMMISSIONERS 

Sections 1 - 23 



An Act relating to cattle, horses, and hogs, and regulating such stock, 
creating a state board of stock commissioners, defining their duties, 
and matters properly relating thereto. 

Approved March 26, 1915, 396 

1. Board created. 

Section 1. The state board of stock commissioners is hereby created. 

2. How composed — Oath — Bond — Salary — Meetings — Terms. 

Sec. 2. The state board of stock commissioners, hereinafter called 
the board, shall consist of three (3) members, all of whom shall be 
experienced stockmen, no two of whom shall be from the same county, 
said members to be appointed by the governor, and to hold office for 
four years, and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified, 
except as herein provided. Each of said commissioners, before entering 
upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe to the constitu- 
tional oath of office and enter into a bond with at least two sureties in 
the penal sum of twentj^-five hundred dollars ($2,500), payable to the 
State of Nevada, and conditioned for the faithful performance of the 
duties of his office, which bond shall be approved by the governor, and 
filed in the office of the secretary of state. The members of the board 
shall each receive for their services three hundred dollars ($300) per 
annum and actual transportation expenses while in the discharge of 
their duties. Said salary and expenses shall be paid from the state 
treasury. Each member of said board shall be a qualified elector of 
the county from which he is chosen, and must reside during his term 
of office within the state. Said board must hold meetings quarterly, 
and oftener if requested by any member of the board ; provided, that 
upon the termination of the term of office of the persons now consti- 
tuting said board, that the governor shall appoint three persons as 
members of said board, the terms of such appointments and the appoin- 
tees to serve on said board for the period of two, three, and four 
years, respectively, as indicated in the appointments ; that thereafter 
the members shall be appointed and serve for a term of four years as 
herein provided. As amended, Stats. 1919, 41. 

3. Officers — Powers and duties. 

Sec. 3. Subdivision A. The board shall elect one of its members 
president, and is empowered to make rules and regulations for govern- 
ing itself, and for the enforcement of the provisions of this act, and 
shall have control of all matters pertaining to the cattle, horse, and hog 
industry. It may, in conjunction with the state quarantine officer, 
adopt on behalf of the state rules and regulations of the United States 
hureau of animal industry relating to the control and suppression of 
disease in said stock, and to cooperate with the officers of said bureau 



in the enforcement of such rules and regulations. The board is granted 
and has full authority and power for the inspection, quarantine, and 
condemnation of cattle, horses and hogs affected with any infectious 
or contagious diseases, and is authorized and empowered to enter upon 
any ground or premises of this state for the purpose of enforcing the 
inspection, quarantine and condemnation laws of this state. The 
board is authorized to give the state quarantine officer, or his represen- 
tatives or his agents, duly approved by the board, or any other person or 
persons, full authority and power for the inspection, quarantine, and 
condemnation of cattle, horses, or hogs affected with any infectious or 
contagious disease, and is authorized and empowered to enter upon any 
ground or premises of this state for the purpose of enforcing the 
inspection, quarantine and condemnation laws and all the rules, regula- 
tions and orders of this board. 

Subdivision B. The board may make, execute, and enforce such 
rules, regulations, and other measures as it considers necessary for the 
control and eradication of infectious or contagious diseases of the 
animals under its jurisdiction which constitute a menace to the health 
of live stock or human beings within the state; provided, that the said 
rules, regulations, and other measures shall be approved by the state 
quarantine officer before becoming effective. Upon recommendation of 
the state quarantine officer the board may order and have destroyed 
any animals or animal under its jurisdiction infected with or exposed 
to any infectious or contagious disease a menace to other stock' or 
human beings. 

The board shall, out of the funds at its disposal, compensate the 
owner or owners of any stock so destroyed either separately or jointly 
with any county or municipality of the state or the bureau of animal 
industry of the United States department of agriculture, the amount 
of such compensation to be determined by appraisal before the affected 
stock is destroyed, this appraisal to be made by the state quarantine 
officer or a properly qualified agent designated by him and the owner 
or owners or their authorized representative. In the event of their 
failure to arrive at an agreement, the two so selected shall designate 
some disinterested party, who by reason of experience in such matters 
is a qualified judge of livestock values, to act with them. The judgment 
of any two of these appraisers shall be binding and final upon all 
parties; provided, that the total amount received by the owner or 
owners of stock so destroyed, including compensation paid by the 
board, any county or municipality or the bureau of animal industry 
of the United States department of agriculture, or any livestock 
insurance company, the salvage received from the sale of hides or 
carcasses or any other source, combined, shall not exceed 75 per cent 
of the actual appraised value of the destroyed stock, due allowance 
being made in such appraisement for their reduced value, owing to 
disease ; provided further, that any individual or corporation purchas- 
ing any live stock which was at the time of purchase under quarantine 
by any state, county or municipal authorities or the bureau of animal 
industry of the United States department of agriculture legally empow- 
ered to lay such quarantine, or who purchases any which due diligence 
and caution would have shown to be diseased or which have been 
shipped or transported in violation of the rnles and regulations of the 



bureau of animal industry of the United States department of agri- 
culture, or the State of Nevada, shall not be entitled to compensation 
and the board may order their destruction without making any com- 
pensation to the owner; and provided further, no payment shall be 
made hereunder as compensation for or on account of any such animal 
destroyed if at the time of inspection or test of such animal or at the 
time of the ordered destruction thereof, it shall belong to or be upon 
the premises of any person, firm, or corporation to which it has been 
sold, shipped, or delivered for the purpose of being slaughtered ; and 
provided further, that in no case shall any payment hereunder be 
more than $75Jior any grade animal, or more than $200 for any pure- 
bred animal, and no payment shall be made unless the owner has 
complied with all quarantine rules and regulations of the board. 

Subdivision C. The board shall have power to order the state quar- 
antine officer to have inspected or quarantined any stock in the state 
infected with, suspected of being or which have been exposed to a con- 
tagious or infectious disease a menace to human beings or other live 
stock, compel treatment at such times and as often as he deems neces- 
sary to insure the suppression of disease. The board may divide the 
state into such districts as may be necessary for the enforcement of 
this act. The state quarantine officer shall, upon direction of the board, 
quarantine and compel the cleaning and disinfection of any corrals or 
place where stock is handled, and when owners or persons in charge of 
such corrals fail or refuse to clean and disinfect such places or corrals 
the board shall have the power to clean and disinfect them, the expense 
of which shall be paid by the owner or person in charge, and shall be 
a lien on such place or corral until the expense is paid. All general 
orders, rules, or regulations made as herein provided and applying to 
the entire state, a county or a district, must be published at least twice 
in some newspaper having general circulation in the county or the 
district affected by the order, which shall constitute a legal notice of 
the order made upon all stockmen owning or having in charge cattle, 
horses, or hogs. 

Subdivision D. The board shall maintain an office at some point 
within this state to be determined by the board. The cost of mainte- 
nance of such office shall be paid from the state treasury in the same 
manner as the salaries and expenses of state officers are paid. 

Subdivision E. The board may appoint an executive officer to 
exercise and enforce all rules and regulations of the board and the 
provisions of this act when the board is not in session ; provided, said 
executive officer, when an emergency demands and the board is not in 
session, may exercise all the powers and functions of the board. Such 
executive officer shall be one of the members of the board or the state 
quarantine officer. 

Subdivision F. The board shall fix the rate of tax to be levied, as 
provided for in section four of this act, at any regular or special meet- 
ing of the board, and shall send notice of the same to the county com- 
missioners of the several counties of the state on or before the first day 
of March of each year. The board shall audit ali bills of salaries and 
expenses incurred in the enforcement of this act that may be payable 
from the stock inspection fund, and, if found correct, shall certify the 



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same to the state controller, who shall draw a warrant on the state 
treasury in favor of the parties entitled thereto. The hoard shall make 
a report in writing' to the governor on or hefore the loth day of Janu- 
ary, biennially, giving a statement of the transactions of the hoard, the 
facts relating to the condition of the stock industry of this state, and 
the state printer shall print said report for distribution by the board 
the same as similar reports, and without charge. As amended, stats. 
1919, 42. 

4. Tax for stock inspection fund. 

Sec. 4. The board of county commissioners, at the time of the 
annual levy of taxes, must, at the request of the board, levy the rate of 
tax recommended by the hoard, not to exceed six (6) mills on the dollar 
per annum, on all cattle, horses, and hogs assessed in their respective 
counties, according to the assessed valuation of the same, the said tax 
to be collected as other taxes, and paid to the state treasurer, who must 
keep the same in a separate fund to he known as the stock inspection 
fund. 

The board may invest any surplus or reserve money in said fund in 
United States, state or county bonds of Nevada, such bonds to bear 
interest at a rate of not less than four per cent (4%) per annum ; the 
state treasurer may, with the approval of the state board of examiners, 
deposit all reserve funds not so invested with banking corporations of 
the State of Nevada, upon the filing of approved securities, at a rate 
of interest of not less than three per cent (3%) per annum. All 
revenue derived from interest on such funds and bonds to be collected 
by the state treasurer and deposited in the stock inspection fund 
account. As amended, Stats. 1919, 45. 

5. Duties of county officers. 

Sec. 5. The county assessor must, on or before the first Monday in 
September of each year, prepare from the assessment book of such 
year, as corrected by the board of county commissioners, a statement 
showing the total number of all said stock assessed, and the value of 
same. And the county treasurer must notify the state board of stock 
commissioners of all moneys forwarded to the state treasurer belonging 
to the state stock inspection fund at the time said monej^s are for- 
warded to the state treasury. Also make final report to said board at 
the time he makes settlement with the state controller. 

6. Board to enforce act — Stock inspectors — Inspection record. 

Sec. 6. The board shall have charge of the enforcement of the 
provisions of this act, and of the rules and regulations made as herein 
provided. The board shall appoint such inspectors as may he necessary, 
and said inspectors, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall 
file a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), payable to the 
state, for the faithful performance of their duties, with and to lie 
approved by the board. Such inspectors shall be paid from the stock 
inspection fund. The board and each inspector must keep a hook, to 
he known as the inspection record, in which they must cuter their 
official acts. Such record must show the name of the owner of all 
horses, cattle, and hogs inspected, and the time when and place where 
the same were inspected. Inspectors shall have the right at all times 
to enter any premises, farms, fields, pens, slaughter-houses, buildings, 



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or ears, where any of said stock are quartered, for the purpose of exam- 
ining them, in order to determine whether they are affected with any 
infectious or contagious disease. All inspectors and their deputies 
shall have the same powers and authority of peace officers. The board 
shall have the power to order an inspector to quarantine any corral, 
pens, slaughter-houses, buildings and cars where stock may have been 
handled, and compel the cleaning and disinfecting of the same when 
deemed necessary for the purposes of this act, Where owners or per- 
sons in charge of such places refuse to clean and disinfect them, the 
inspector shall have the right to take charge of such places, and cause 
the same to be cleaned and disinfected, the expense of which must be 
paid by the^ owner or person in charge, and shall be a lien upon such 
premises, corrals, pens, slaughter-houses, buildings, cars, etc., until such 
expense is paid. 

7. Bounties for killing certain animals. 

Sec. 6a. The board is authorized and empowered to offer and pay 
bounties out of its funds for the killing and destruction of the 
following-named animals, killed in the State of Nevada, to wit : For 
each coyote or coyote pup, seventy-five (75c) cents; for each wildcat or 
lynx, seventy-five- (75c) cents, and for each mountain lion, five ($5) 
dollars. Any person killing any of the aforesaid animals in order to 
obtain the bounty provided for herein, shall within ninety (90) clays of 
the date of the killing, present or cause to be presented by his duly 
authorized agent, to the county clerk of the county in which said 
animal or animals have been killed, the entire skin of each of said 
animal or animals, which skin includes and must have attached thereto 
all four of the paws, or feet, the tail and the skin of the head, eye-holes 
and skin to tip of nose ; and shall at the same time make and file with 
the said county clerk an affidavit, which said affidavit shall state : 
First, the kind of animal or animals from which said skin or skins were 
taken and the number of skins presented ; second, that the county in 
which said animal or animals were killed is the county in which their 
skins are presented for payment of a bounty ; third, that said animal 
or animals from which said skins were taken were not bought or 
received dead or alive, from any other county or state ; fourth, that 
said animals were killed within ninety (90) days from the date of 
making of said affidavit ; fifth, that said animal or animals were killed 
in such county and in the State of Nevada ; and, sixth, that the same 
were not fostered or whelped in captivity prior to the killing thereof. 
The said county clerk may, if he deems it advisable, require of such 
applicant for bounty such* other corroborative testimony as to him 
seems proper concerning the truth set forth in such affidavit ; provided, 
that when in doubt as to the kind of skin or skins presented, the order 
shall be issued for the lesser bounty. The county clerk shall cut off the 
four (4) paws or feet at the knee and destroy them. The said county 
clerk shall then certify to the said board that he received the said hides, 
that the required affidavit or affidavits have been made, and that he has 
destroyed the fore feet, in conformity with law, and also certify the 
name of the animals killed, the number, where killed and by whom and 
the bounty due. The board shall forthwith remit the bounty due to 
the party presenting the same and at the same time notify the said 
county clerk of the forwarding of said bounty so paid. 



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8. Inspectors must report. 

Sec. 7. Inspectors shall report to the board in writing as often and 
at such times as may be requested by said board. 

9. Bill of health by inspector, when — "Stock" denned. 

Sec. 8. Each inspector must inspect all the horses, cattle, and 
hogs, within the district assigned to him, when so ordered by the 
board, and must make and issue certificate or bill of health for all of 
said stock whose owners have complied with the law and the orders, 
rules, and regulations made and adopted by the board describing the 
stock with the marks and brands thereon, which shall entitle the owner 
or agent in charge to pass with such stock from one district to another 
in the state. The inspector shall immediately file with the board a 
duplicate of all certificates issued by him. The term "stock" shall 
include horses, cattle, and hogs. 

10. Board must be notified of disease. 

Sec. 9. Whenever any stock shall become infected with any infec- 
tious or contagious disease, the owner or agent in charge, the inspector 
appointed as herein provided, or any practicing veterinary, must imme- 
diately notify the board and the state quarantine officer. 

11. Quarantine regulations. 

Sec. 10. When stock is found diseased, regulation for their quaran- 
tine must be made at once by the state quarantine officer, upon notifica- 
tion by the inspector of the district where such stock is found, who 
must define the place and limits within which such stock may be grazed, 
herded, or driven, and such stock must be held in quarantine until 
pronounced cured from disease by the state quarantine officer. The 
expense of treating, feeding, and taking care of all stock quarantined 
under the provisions of this act must be paid for by the owner or 
agent in charge of such stock; and such expense shall be a lien upon 
such stock until paid. 

12. Stock vaccinated on order of board. 

Sec. 11. All stock must be vaccinated when necessar}^ at such time 
as may be ordered by the board. Any person, firm, company or cor- 
poration refusing to comply with and observe the provisions of this act 
or the orders, rules and regulations of said stock board shall be guilty 
of a misdemeanor, and liable to the fines and punishment hereinafter 
provided. 

13. Entry of foreign stock— Board must be notified. 

Sec. 12. When any owner or person in charge of stock shall bring 
such stock into this state, before entering from an adjoining state or 
territory, for the purpose of grazing, or feeding, they shall notify the 
board and state quarantine officer, in writing, of such fact immediately 
before entering the state, stating the time when and the place where 
such stock shall enter ; provided, however, that stock in transit on the 
cars shall not be required to give notice unless they shall remain in 
the state, or are unloading to feed and rest for a longer period than 
fortv-eight hours. 



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14. Infected stock not to be moved. 

Sec. 13. In no case shall any stock suffering from contagious or 
infectious diseases be removed from one point to another within any 
district, or from one district to another without a written permit from 
the board and state quarantine officer. 

15. Secretary of board. 

Sec. 14. The said board shall appoint a secretary, prescribe his 
duties, and fix his salary at a sum not to exceed eight hundred ($800) 
dollars the year, payable as the salaries of other state officers are paid. 
Said secretary to hold his position during the pleasure of the board. 
•Sec. 1& [Stats. 1915, 401, repealed, Stats. 1919, 45.] 

16. Appropriation to be repaid. 

Sec. 16. That the sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropri- 
ated, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, from the general 
fund, for the purpose of carrying this act into effect. All moneys so 
appropriated to be returned into the general fund from such taxes as 
may be levied upon the stock as herein provided. 

17. Penalty for violation. 

Sec. 17. Any person who violates any provision of this act, or who 
disregards any order or direction made by the board or inspectors in 
accordance therewith, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300), 
or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and 
imprisonment. 

18. Board to cooperate. 

Sec. 18. The state board of stock commissioners shall act in con- 
junction with the state veterinary control service of the University of 
Nevada in the general enforcement of rules and regulations looking to 
the diagnosis, control, eradication, and prevention of infectious, con- 
tagious or communicable diseases of domesticated animals, as included 
in this act. In so far as the duty imposed by the board of stock com- 
missioners requires a regulation of interstate and intrastate movement 
of domesticated animals infected with, or which have been exposed to, 
infectious, contagious, or communicable diseases, the board shall act in 
conjunction with the state veterinary control service department of the 
University of Nevada ; and the laboratory of the said state veterinary 
control service department of the University of Nevada shall be at the 
service of the said state board of stock commissioners, to render such 
scientific assistance as it can, in order to accomplish the purposes con- 
templated in this act. Whenever any of the employees in the depart- 
ment of the state veterinary control service of the University of Nevada 
are employed upon duty required of them by the said state board of 
stock commissioners, they shall be paid, from the stock inspection fund, 
for their services pro rata as to the time which has been spent in this 
service, and at a rate which shall compensate them on the same basis 
of salary or wages paid to them regularly by the board of regents of 
the University of Nevada. 



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19. May prosecute thieves and offer rewards. 

Sec. 19. The board may take all necessary and lawful steps, pro- 
cure all necessar.y and lawful process for the attendance of witnesses. 
and employ counsel to assist in the prosecution of any person charged 
with stealing cattle, horses, or hogs, for violating the laws of the state 
for the protection of the rights and interests of owners of live stock, 
under the jurisdiction of this board, and also to advise and assist in 
the administration of this act, the cost and compensation thereof to be 
paid out of the funds of the commission. The board may also offer 
a standing reward or a reward for each class of stock included under 
this act, of not to exceed $500, for information leading to the arrest and 
conviction of each person engaged in stealing cattle, horses, or hogs, 
the reward to be paid to the person or persons giving the information 
leading to the arrest and conviction of such person or persons immedi- 
ately upon the conviction of and imprisonment in the state prison of 
the person or persons so arrested. The board shall make such further 
conditions and rules in connection with offering said rewards and the 
payments thereof as it may deem proper. As amended, Statu. 1919, 45. 

20. "Horse" denned. 

Sec. 19|. The word "horse" or "horses," wherever used or employed 
in this act, shall mean and be construed to mean and include mules, 
jackasses, jennets, and what are usually called horses. Added, Stats. 
1919, 45. 

21. Board to appoint inspectors and detectives. 

Sec. 20. The state board of stock commissioners may appoint such 
stock inspectors and detectives as are necessary for the protection of 
the livestock interests of the state, and the inspectors and detectives 
have the same power as sheriffs to summon a posse when necessary, 
and to make arrests. The stock inspectors and detectives may, when 
deputized by the sheriff, exercise the powers of deputy sheriff, but 
must not receive any fee or emolument therefor from the state or any 
county. 

22. Duties of inspectors and detectives. 

Sec. 21. It is the duty of the stock inspectors and detectives ti> 
arrest all persons who in their presence violate the stock laws of the 
state, and every stock inspector and detective, upon information that 
any person has committed any offense against the laws of the state in 
feloniousby branding or stealing any stock or any offense against the 
laws of the state, for the protection of the rights and interests of stock 
owners, must make the necessa^ affidavit for the arrest and examina- 
tion of such person, and, upon warrant issued therefor, immediately 
arrest such person, and bring him before the proper officer, and notify 
the board of his acts. Said inspectors shall also inspect all stock or 
cattle about to be shipped from the state, and the consignor, upon 
demand, shall establish fully his title to such stock. 

23. Each section of act independent. 

Sec. 22. Each section of this act and every part of each section 
is hereby declared to be independent sections and parts of sections, and 
the holding of any section or part thereof to be void or ineffective for 



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any cause shall uot be deemed to affect nor shall it affect any other sec- 
tion or any part thereof. Added, Stats. 1919, 46. 

Xote — This Act authorizes the Board to ihake and enforce certain regula- 
tions dealing with animal disease control, etc.. and offer certain rewards for 
the apprehension of stock thieves, etc. As these are subject to change at any- 
time. Those now in effect are not included in this compilation. For information 
regarding same, communicate with Executive Officer, State Board of Stock 
Commissioners. University of Nevada. Reno, Nevada. 



LAW CREATING THE STATE BOARD OF SHEEP 
COMMISSIONERS 

Sections 24 - 54 



An Act regulating the sheep industry in the State of Nevada, creating 
a state board of sheep commissioners, defining their powers and 
duties, prescribing their compensation, and providing penalties for 
the violation hereof. 

Approved March 25, 1919, 134 

24. Board created. 

Section 1. That a state board of sheep commissioners be and the 
same is hereby created. 

25. Number of members — Bonds — Salaries — Meetings. 

Sec. 2. The state board of sheep commissioners, hereinafter called 
the board, shall consist of three (3) members, all of whom shall be 
experienced wool-growers, -and no two of whom shall be from the same 
county, said members to be appointed by the governor, and to hold 
their office for four years, and until their successors are duly appointed 
and qualified. Each of said commissioners, before entering upon the 
duties of his office, shall take and subscribe to the constitutional, oath 
of office and enter into a bond with sufficient surety or sureties in the 
penal sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500), payable to the State 
of Nevada, and conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties 
of his office, which bond shall be approved by the governor, and filed 
in the office of the secretary of state. The members of the board shall 
each receive for their services five hundred dollars ($500) per annum 
and actual transportation expenses while in discharge of their duties. 
Said salaries and compensation shall be paid from the state treasury 
in the same manner as the salary of state officers. Each member of said 
board shall be a qualified elector of the county fromwhich he is chosen, 
and must reside during his term of office within the state. Said board 
must hold their meetings annually, and oftener if so requested by any 
member of the board. 

26. Duties of board. 

Sec. 3. The board shall elect one of its members president. The said 
board is empowered to make rules and regulations for governing itself, 
and such rules and regulations as it mav deem necessarv for the 



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enforcement of the provisions of this act, and shall have exclusive con- 
trol of all matters pertaining to the sheep industry. It shall be empow- 
ered to make and enforce rules and regulations for the quarantining, 
dipping, or any other treatment of sheep which may be infected, 
affected, or infested with scabies, ticks, 'lice, or any other parasites 
detrimental or injurious to sheep, or any infectious or contagious 
disease of sheep, and for the speedy and effective suppression and 
extirpation of infectious or contagious diseases, scabies, ticks, lice, or 
other parasites detrimental to sheep, as are not in conflict with the 
provisions of this act. 

The board is authorized to appoint an inspector in charge, whose 
duties and powers shall be defined and prescribed by said board, which 
said officer, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall execute 
and file a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), payable 
to the State of Nevada, for the faithful performance of his duties, with 
and to be approved by the board. The inspector in charge shall receive 
such compensation as may be allowed by said board and actual and 
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. The 
inspector in charge shall be at all times subject to the authority of the 
board and shall have. the same powers hereinafter provided for all 
other inspectors appointed by the board under this act. 

The board shall appoint a secretary, prescribe his duties, and fix his 
salary, which shall not exceed seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750) 
per annum. The board shall maintain an office at some point within 
this state to be determined by the board. The maintenance of such 
office and the secretary's salary shall be paid from the state treasury 
in the same manner as the salary and expenses of state officers. The 
board shall fix the rate of tax to be levied, as provided for in section 
four of this act, and shall send notice of the same to the county com- 
missioners of the several counties of the state on or before the first day 
of August of each year. The board shall audit all bills of salaries and 
expenses incurred in the enforcement of this act that may be payable 
from the sheep inspection fund, which shall be audited, allowed and 
paid as other claims against the state. The board shall make an annual 
report in writing to the governor on or before the thirtieth (30th) day 
of November in each year, giving a statement of the transactions of the 
board, and facts relating to the condition of the sheep industry in this 
state. 

The board shall have power to order an inspection or quarantine of 
any sheep in the State of Nevada, compel dipping or other treatment 
of sheep at such times and as often as it deems necessary to insure the 
suppression or eradication of scabies, ticks, lice or other parasites detri- 
mental to sheep, or any infectious or contagious disease of sheep, and 
divide the state into such districts as may be necessary for the enforce- 
ment of this act, which said districts shall be under the supervision of 
one of the commissioners. 

The board shall have the power to quarantine and compel the clean- 
ing and disinfecting of any shearing or dipping corrals or places where 
sheep are handled, and when owners or persons in charge of such 
corrals or places fail or refuse to clean or disinfect such corrals or 
places the board shall have power to order the inspector to take charge 
of such corral or place and clean and disinfect it, the expense of which 



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shall be paid by the owner or person in charge, and shall be a lien on 
such corral or place until the expense is paid. 

All orders, rules or regulations made by the board must be published 
at least twice in some newspaper having general circulation in the 
state, which shall constitute legal notice upon all owners of sheep and 
other persons of the order made. 

27. Annual tax. 

Sec. 4. The board of county commissioners, at the time of the 
annual levy of taxes, must, at the request of the board, levy the rate 
of tax recommended by the board, not to exceed six (6) mills on the 
dollar, on all sheep assessed in their respective counties, according to 
the assessed valuation of the same, the said tax to be collected as other 
taxes and paid to the state treasurer, who must keep the same in a 
separate fund to be known as the sheep inspection fund. 

28. Duties of county officers. 

Sec. 5. The county assessor must, on or before the first Monday in 
September of each year, prepare from the assessment book of such year, 
as corrected by the board of county commissioners, a statement showing 
the total number of all sheep assessed and the value of the same. And 
the county treasurer must notify the state board of sheep commissioners 
of all moneys forwarded to the state treasury belonging to the state 
sheep inspection fund at the time said moneys are forwarded to the 
state treasury. Also make final report to said board at the time he 
makes settlement with the state controller. 

29. Duties of board. 

Sec. 6. The board shall have charge of the enforcement of the provi- 
sions of this act, and of all rules and regulations made and adopted by 
it. The board shall appoint such inspectors as may be necessary, and 
said inspectors, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall file 
a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), payable to the 
state, for the faithful performance of their duties with and to be 
approved by the board. Such inspectors shall receive five dollars ($5) 
per diem, and actual and necessary transportation expenses incurred in 
the performance of their duty, to be paid from the sheep inspection 
fund. The board and each inspector must keep a book, to be known 
as the inspection record, in which they must enter their official acts. 
Such record must show the name of the owner of every flock of sheep 
inspected, and the time when and the place where the same was 
inspected. Inspectors shall have the right at all times to enter any 
premises, farms, fields, pens, slaughter-houses, buildings, cars, or rail- 
road cars, where any sheep are quartered, for the purpose of examin- 
ing them for the purpose of determining whether they are infected 
with any infectious or contagious disease. All inspectors and their 
deputies shall have the same powers and .authority of peace officers. 
The board shall have the power to order an inspector to quarantine any 
corral, pens, slaughter-house, building, cars, and railroad cars where 
sheep may have been handled, and compel the cleaning and disinfecting 
of the same, when deemed necessary for the purposes of this act. 
Where owners or persons in charge of such places, corrals, pens, 
slaughter-houses, buildings, cars, and railroad cars refuse to clean and 



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disinfect them, the inspector shall have the right to take charge of such 
places, corrals, pens, slaughter-houses, buildings, cars, and railroad 
cars, and cause the same to be cleaned and disinfected, the expense of 
which must be paid by the owner or person in charge, and shall be 
a lien upon such premises, corrals, pens, slaughter-houses, buildings, 
cars, etc., until such expense is paid. 

30. Inspectors to report. 

Sec. 7. Inspectors shall report to the board in writing as often and 
at such times as may be requested by the board. 

31. Duties of inspectors. 

Sec. 8. Each inspector must inspect all the sheep within the district 
assigned to him, when so ordered by the board, and must make and 
issue a certificate or bill of health for all sheep whose owners have com- 
plied with the law and the orders, rules and regulations made and 
adopted by the board, describing the sheep with the marks and brands 
thereon, which shall entitle the owner or agent in charge to pass with 
such sheep from one district to another in the state. The inspector 
shall immediately file with the board a duplicate of all certificates 
issued by him. The term "sheep" shall include goats, lambs, and kids. 

32. Diseased sheep destroyed, when — Proviso. 

Sec. 9. When sheep become infected with foot-and-mouth disease, 
or any incurable, infectious, or malignant disease, said board has the 
authority, if necessary, to order such diseased sheep destroyed ; pro- 
vided, in case said board orders sheep killed, it shall pay to the owner 
thereof, out of any funds it has on hand, one-half the market price 
of said sheep ; provided, further, said board shall not at any time pay 
more than four ($4) dollars the head for any one such sheep so killed 
or destroyed. 

33. Bounties for killing noxious animals. 

Sec. 10. The board is authorized and empowered to offer and pay 
bounties out of its funds for the killing and destruction of the 
following-named animals, killed in the State of Nevada, to wit : For 
each coyote or coyote pup, seventy-five (75c) cents; for each wildcat 
or lynx, seventy-five (75c) cents; and for each mountain lion, five 
($5) dollars. Any persrm killing any of the aforesaid animals in order 
to obtain the bounty provided for herein shall, within ninety (90) days 
of the date of the killing, present or cause to be presented by his duly 
authorized agent, to the county clerk of the county in which said animal 
or animals have been killed, the entire skin of each of said animal or 
animals, which skin includes and must have attached thereto all four 
of the paws, or feet, the tail, and the skin of the head, eye-holes, and 
the skin to tip of nose; and shall at the same time make and iile with 
the said county clerk an affidavit, which said affidavit shall state : first. 
the kind of animal or animals from which said skin or skins were taken 
and the number of skins presented ; second, that the county in which 
said animal or animals were killed is the county in which their skins 
are presented for payment of a bounty; third, that said animal or 
animals from which said skins were taken were not bought or received, 
dead or alive, from any other county or state ; fourth, that said animals 



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were killed within ninety (90) days from the date of making snch 
affidavit ; fifth, that said animal or animals were killed in such county, 
and in the State of Nevada ; and, sixth, that the same were not fos- 
tered or whelped in captivity prior to the killing thereof. The said 
county clerk may, if he deems it advisable, require of such applicant 
for bounty such other corroborative testimony as to him seems proper 
concerning the truth set forth in such affidavit; provided, that when 
in doubt as to the kind of skin or skins presented, the order shall be 
issued for the lesser bounty. The county clerk shall cut off the four (4) 
paws or feet at the knee, and also cut off the ears and scalp and destroy 
them. The said clerk shall then certify to the said board that he 
received the said hides, that the required affidavit or affidavits have 
been made, and that he has destroyed the four feet, scalp, and ears in 
conformity with law, and also certify the name of the animals killed, 
the number, where killed, and by whom, and the bounty due. The 
board shall forthwith remit the bounty due to the party presented. 

34. Inspector to act, when. 

Sec. 11. Whenever upon examination by a sheep inspector any flock 
of sheep kept or herded in the State of Nevada shall be found to be 
infected with scabies, or any infectious or contagious disease, or to 
have been exposed in any manner to such scabies or disease, the inspec- 
tor shall at once establish regulations for their quarantine, which shall 
define the place and limits within which such sheep may be grazed, 
herded, or driven. Said inspector shall forthwith notify the owner or 
person in charge of said sheep, in writing, of the fact that the said 
sheep are affected or diseased, and shall thereupon take charge of and 
treat said sheep for dipping or other treatment as the case may require. 
That in case of scabies, within a period of not less than ten days nor 
more than fourteen days immediately succeeding said first dipping or 
treatment, the inspector shall again dip said sheep. 'The said inspector 
shall also keep such flock of sheep so infected or diseased with scabies 
or any infectious or contagious disease from contact with other sheep 
by such means as he may specify, and until such time as the inspector 
is satisfied of the complete eradication of such scabies or infectious or 
contagious disease, at which time said inspector shall issue, in writing, 
a permit or certificate to the owner or person in charge of said sheep, 
releasing said sheep from quarantine. Said inspector shall have the 
power to give such notice, as in his judgment the conditions in each 
case may require, that said sheep are quarantined within certain limits 
to be by him fixed and specified, and that such other sheep owners or 
persons in charge shall not enter within the limits prescribed as 
quarantined with their flocks of sheep until further notice. Should any 
flock of sheep free of scabies or any infectious or contagious disease 
enter or intrude upon any lands and corrals or places embraced within 
the limits set apart for such quarantine, or upon any land, corral, or 
place where infected, diseased, or exposed sheep have been, then such 
sheep or flock of sheep shall be subject to the same regulations and 
treatment as sheep infected with scabies, or infectious or contagious 
diseases detrimental to sheep ; provided, however, that the board shall 
establish rules and regulations for the quarantining of sheep which, so 
far as is practicable and reasonable, shall be of general application ; 



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and provided further, that all regulations established or specified by 
said inspector, as aforesaid, shall be subject to change or modification 
by the board. 

Where sheep must be dipped in the immediate vicinity of said 
quarantine and no preparations have been made upon the part of the 
owner or owners thereof, or the person in charge, to provide suitable 
dipping works, within fourteen days after the owner or person in 
charge of said sheep has been notified that said sheep are infected or 
diseased, the inspector is authorized to prepare such dipping works as 
may be necessary, at the expense of the owner of said sheep. If the 
said sheep cannot subsist upon range forage until they have been 
treated, the inspector shall then provide feed at the owner's expense. 
All expenses for so doing, including the expenses for treating sheep, 
shall become and be a lien upon the said sheep until the same is paid ; 
provided, however, that no person, company or corporation shall be 
required to dip a flock of ewes thirty days before lambing, or ewes 
with lambs under ten days old, but all such ewes or ewes with lambs 
infected with scabies or any infectious or contagious disease, or that 
have in any manner been exposed to any such infection or diseases, 
must be held in quarantine and kept separate from sheep that are 
free from scabies or any infectious or contagious disease. 

It shall be the duty of the inspector to require the owner or owners, 
or person in charge of such ewes while held in quarantine during the 
above period of exemption, to spot and hand-dress all sheep in the 
flock that show scabies or any infectious or contagious disease, with 
some of the dips or treatment recognized or specified by the board ; 
and the inspector shall have power to enforce spotting or hand-dressing 
during the periods of exemption above referred to, the same as he has 
power to enforce dipping at any other period of the year. All sheep 
which are kept or herded within the limits of the State of Nevada shall, 
between the fifteenth day of April and the first day of November of 
each year, be dipped under the supervision of an authorized sheep 
inspector in one of the dips which have been recommended by the 
board ; the said dip to be specified by the board and to be of a strength 
sufficient to eradicate scabies, ticks or lice. 

The board is hereby authorized and empowered to take charge of and 
dip, as soon as possible after the first day of November of each year, all 
sheep kept or herded within the limits of the State of Nevada not previ- 
ously dipped within the period required by this section and the 
expenses for so doing shall be paid by the owner of said sheep and the 
same shall become and be a lien upon such sheep until paid. 

The board is hereby authorized and empowered to make such rules 
and regulations as they deem necessary relative to the administration 
of this section. 

Any person, firm, or corporation, or any servant, agent, or employee 
thereof, who is the owner or in charge or control of any sheep, who 
shall wilfully violate any provisions of this section, or disregard any 
order or direction made by the board or inspector, in accordance there- 
with, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as 
provided in section 26 of this act. 



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35. Proclamation by governor, when. 

Sec. 12. Whenever the governor of the state shall have good reason 
to believe that any disease covered by this enactment has become epi- 
demic in a certain locality in any other state or territory, or that con- 
ditions exist that render sheep liable to convey disease, or whenever the 
board shall certify to the governor that conditions exist that render 
sheep likely to convey disease, the governor shall forthwith, by procla- 
mation, schedule such locality or localities and prohibit the importation 
from them of any sheep into this state until such time as the said proc- 
lamation shall be raised or modified by the governor. Any person, 
company, or corporation, or any agent, servant, or employee thereof, 
who after the publication of such proclamation shall knowingly receive 
in charge any sheep from any of the prohibited districts, or transport, 
Convey, or drive the same within the boundaries of any county of this 
state, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished 
as provided in section 26 of this act ; 'provided, that nothing herein con- 
tained shall prohibit the transportation of sheep from such district 
through the state by railroad, provided such sheep are not unloaded 
within the state. 

36. Unlawful to import diseased sheep. 

Sec. 13. It shall be unlawful for any person, company, or corpora- 
tion, or any agent, servant or employee thereof, to bring into this state 
any sheep infected with scabies or any infectious or contagious disease, 
or that have in any manner been exposed to such disease. Any person, 
company or corporation, or any agent, servant, or employee thereof, 
violating the provisions of this section, shall be punished as provided 
in section 26 of this act. 

37. Importer of sheep must notify board. 

Sec. 14. Any person, company or corporation, or any agent, servant 
or employee thereof, intending to bring or cause to be brought from 
any other state or territory, the District of Columbia, or any foreign 
country, any. sheep or bucks into the State of Nevada in any manner, 
except by shipping the same through the state by railroad shall, ten 
days before crossing the state line, notify the board at its office of such 
proposed action, which notice shall set forth the place and date of 
entry into the state, the number of sheep or bucks, the brands or marks 
thereon, the name of the owner or owners thereof, the locality from 
which said sheep came and through which they have been driven; 
provided, however, that sheep or bucks trailing into the state from 
adjoining states, for immediate interstate shipments, and sheep and 
bucks grazing along and across the state lines, and sheep shipped from 
any part of this state to feed-yards in any other part of the state, when 
shipment is made by interstate route, shall be governed by the rules and 
regulations of the board. If any person, company or corporation, or 
any agent, servant or employee thereof, shall be guilty of a violation 
of the provisions of this section, the said person, company or corpora- 
tion, or any agent, servant or employee thereof, shall upon conviction 
thereof be punished as provided in section 26 of this act. 

38. Imported sheep to be dipped twice. 

Sec. 15. All sheep or bucks imported to Nevada from any state, 
territory, or District of Columbia, or from any foreign country, shall, 



upon entering the state, irrespective of the time of such entry, be 
dipped twice under the supervision of an inspector of the board, the first 
dipping to be performed within ten days after the said sheep or bucks 
arrive in the state, and within a period of not less than ten days or 
more than fourteen days after the said first dipping the said sheep or 
bucks shall again be dipped; and after the said second dipping, if the 
said sheep or bucks are free of disease, they shall be released and shall 
thereupon become subject to the laws, rules, and regulations governing 
other sheep in the state; provided, however, that the board may make 
reasonable rules and regulations, under which sheep and bucks free 
from disease may enter the state without dipping, or by being dipped 
only once. The board is hereby authorized to take charge of and dip 
as soon as possible any sheep and bucks imported into the State of 
Nevada not previously dipped within the period required by this sec- 
tion, and the expenses for so doing shall be paid by the owner of said 
sheep or bucks and the same shall become a lien upon such sheep ni- 
blicks until paid. Any person, firm, or corporation, or any servant, 
agent, or employee thereof, who is the owner or in charge or control of 
any sheep or bucks imported into the State of Nevada, violating the 
provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
shall be punished as provided for in section 26 of this act. 

39. Inspector to file vouchers. 

Sec. 16. Whenever any inspector files in the office of the state con- 
troller proper vouchers, duly approved by the board, setting forth : 

1. The name of such inspector ; 

2. The kind and nature of service rendered ; 

3. The particular locality where the work was done ; 

4. The length of time employed ; 

5. The number of sheep inspected and the name of the owner or 
person in charge of such sheep ; 

6. The disease or diseases treated, and the length of time of such 
treatment ; 

7. The amount claimed for such services ; 

then and in such case, the state controller must draw a warrant in 
favor of such inspector, payable out of the moneys in the sheep inspec- 
tion fund. 

40. Sheep in transit not to be unloaded — Exception. 

Sec. 17. Any sheep in transit through this state upon any railroad 
train shall not be unloaded from such train for any purpose except for 
feeding or water, and shall be held in the feed-yards or in grazing 
grounds that may be provided by the railroad company carrying the 
said sheep, and shall not be allowed to leave the same. All expenses of 
enforcing the provisions of this section shall be paid by the owner or 
owners of said sheep, and the same shall become a lien upon such sheep 
until paid. Any person, company, or corporation, or any agent, ser- 
vant, or employee of such, who shall be guilty of a violation of the 
provisions of this section, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished 
as provided by section 26 of this act. 

41. Diseased sheep moved for treatment, how. 

Sec. 18. Any person, company, corporation, or association, or any 
agent, servant, or employee of such, desiring to move his or their sheep 



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which are not sound, or which are infected with scabies or any infec- 
tious or contagious disease, or which have been exposed in any manner 
to any such infection or disease, shall obtain from the commissioner of 
the district a traveling permit, but such permit shall only be granted 
for the purpose of moving said sheep to the nearest practicable place 
where they may be treated for said infection or disease, and by such 
routes as such commissioner shall designate. No such sheep shall be 
moved until such permit shall have been obtained. Any person, com- 
pany, corporation, or association, or agent, servant, or employee of 
such, who shall violate the provisions of this section, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be punished as 
provided in section 26 of this act ; provided, that the board may, by 
regulations, authorize the inspector to issue said traveling permits. 

42. Infection must be reported promptly. 

Sec. 19. It shall be the duty of every person, company, corporation, 
or any agent, servant, or employee thereof, owning or having under 
their control any sheep or flocks of sheep in the State of Nevada which 
have become infected with scabies, or any infectious or contagious 
"disease, or which have been exposed in any manner to such infection or 
diseases, to forthwith report such facts in writing, to the sheep inspec- 
tor of the district in which the sheep are located, or to the board, and 
if any person, company, or corporation, or any agent, servant, or 
employee thereof, shall fail, neglect, omit, or refuse to so report such 
facts for a period of fifteen days said person shall be deemed guilty of 
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be punished as provided in 
section 26 of this act. 

43. Who deemed owners. 

Sec. 20. In any action or proceedings, civil or crimiiial, arising 
under this enactment, all persons having an interest in sheep and con- 
trolling the same, concerning which such an action or proceeding is 
had, shall be deemed the owners of such sheep, and shall be liable 
severally and jointly for a violation of this enactment. Any herder 
or other person in charge of sheep who shall wilfully refuse to give an 
inspector information as to the condition of sheep in his charge, or 
shall wilfully give false information as to the condition of said sheep, 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be 
punished as provided in section 26 of this act. 

44. Special legal aid, when. 

Sec. 21. Whenever the board shall deem it necessary they may 
employ special attorneys to assist in the prosecution of violations or 
violators of any of the foregoing sections, and also may employ attor- 
neys for such other purposes as the board may deem necessary, such 
services to be paid out of any moneys in the sheep inspection fund in 
the state treasuiw. 

45. U. S. regulations accepted. 

Sec. 22. The board is hereby authorized to accept, on behalf of the 
state, the rules and regulations prepared by the secretary of agricul- 
ture of the United States under and in pursuance of section numbered 
3 of an act of Congress, approved May 29, 1884, "An act for the 
establishment of the bureau of animal industry, to prevent the exporta- 



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tion of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and 
extirpation of pleuropneumonia and other contagious diseases among 
domestic animals," and to cooperate with the authorities of the United 
States in the enforcement of the provisions of said act; provided, 
however, that all action taken by the employees of the United States 
while acting under the provisions of this chapter as state inspectors of 
sheep and bucks shall be exercised under the joint supervision of the 
board and the chief of the bureau of animal industry. 

46. U. S. employees recognized. 

Sec. 23. The board is authorized to give its consent that the bureau 
of animal industry of the United States and its employees shall come 
within the State of Nevada for the purposes connected with the expor- 
tation of diseased sheep, and for the suppression and extirpation of 
pleuropneumonia and other contagious and infectious diseases among 
sheep. 

47. Federal authorities may call peace officers. 

Sec. 24. All federal authorities authorized as aforesaid, and the 
various inspectors of this state, shall, subject to the approval of the 
board, have the power to call upon any constable, sheriff, or other 
peace officer in any county in this state to assist them in the discharge 
of their duties in carrying out the provisions of this act, and the act 
of Congress aforesaid, and it is hereby made the duty of said officers 
to assist them when so requested, and the said federal inspectors shall 
have the same power to enforce the laws of this state as the various 
inspectors of the state when authorized as aforesaid and engaged in the 
discharge of their official duties ; provided, that any person, company, 
or corporation refusing to comply with the orders of such officer or 
federal inspector shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in ^section 26 of this 
act. 

48. Salaries, expenses and maintenance, how paid. 

Sec. 25. The salaries, expenses, and maintenance of the Nevada 
state sheep commission, not heretofore provided for in this act, shall 
be paid out of the sheep inspection fund. 

49. Penalties and punishment. 

Sec. 26. Any person, company, corporation or association, or any 
agent, servant or employee of such, who shall violate or disregard any 
quarantine provision of this act, or any sanitary or quarantine rule, 
regulation or order of the board, or inspector thereof, or any of the 
foregoing provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
upon conviction thereof be punished by imprisonment in a county jail 
for a term of not to exceed more than one year, or by fine of not "more 
than one thousand dollars, or both. For the purpose of carrying out 
the provisions of this act each member of the board, and the secretary 
of said board, is authorized to subpena and examine witnesses and 
to administer oaths for the purpose of soliciting information to be 
used in enforcing the provisions hereof, and in the furtherance of the 
quarantine, sanitary and other regulations. 









50. Liens, how foreclosed. 

Sec. 27. All liens provided for in this act shall be foreclosed in the 
manner provided by chapter 60 of the civil practice act; provided, 
that the judgment therein shall also allow reasonable attorneys' fees. 
to be fixed by the court. 

51. Premises seized, when. 

Sec. 28. Whenever it shall be necessary in the enforcement of the 
provisions of this act for the board, or any of its inspectors, to take 
charge of any sheep, corral, building or other place, demand therefor 
shall be made upon the owners or persons in charge thereof ; in event 
of refusal of said owner or person in charge of said sheep, corral, build- 
ing, or place, said board or any inspector may have said sheep, corral, 
building or place seized and held by writ of attachment to issue in the 
same manner provided by the general laws of the State of Nevada ; 
.provided, that the action shall be brought in the name of the State of 
Nevada, and no bond on attachment shall be required. 

52. Breaking quarantine denned. 

Sec. 29. Breaking quarantine shall mean the taking of any sheep 
or allowing any sheep quarantined by the board or inspector to go 
within or without any building, corral, premises or range quarantined 
by the board or inspector, or the taking any free sheep within any 
building, corral, premises or range quarantined by the board or 
inspector. 

53. Repeal of former act. 

Sec. 30. An act entitled "An act regulating the sheep industry in 
the State of Nevada, creating a state board of sheep commissioners, 
defining their duties, and prescribing their compensation," approved 
March 26, 1907 ; all acts amendatory thereof ; and all acts or parts of 
acts in conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. 

54. Sheep inspection fund continued. 

Sec. 31. The sheep inspection fund, created and existing under and 
by virtue of an act entitled "An act regulating the sheep industry in 
the State of Nevada, creating a state board of sheep commissioners, 
defining their duties and prescribing their compensation, approved 
March 26, 1907," shall be transferred to the sheep inspection fund, 
created under and by virtue of the provisions of this act. The state 
board of sheep commissioners, created under and by virtue of the said 
act, shall hold office under the provisions of this act until their succes- 
sors are appointed as herein provided. 

Note — This Act authorizes the Board to make and enforce certain regula- 
tions dealing with the control of infectious diseases of sheep and goats and the 
Governor to issue quarantine proclamations along the same lines. As these are 
subject to change at any time, those now in effect are not included in this com- 
pilation. For information regarding same, communicate with the Inspector in 
Charge, State Board of Sheep Commissioners, Reno, Nevada. 



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LAWS RELATING TO THE CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND 
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF ANIMALS 

Sections 55 - 85 

An Act to protect the live stock of this state from diseast . and 'provid- 
ing a penalty for driving or allowing diseased stock to run at 
large upon the public lands. 

Approved February 19, 1887, ~'2 

55. Unlawful to drive diseased stock on highway. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful to drive any horse infected with' 
glanders, or pink eye ; any sheep infected with scab, or foot rot ; and 
neat cattle infected with Spanish or Texas or splenic fever, or with 
pleuropneumonia ; any hog infected with cholera or trichina, or any of 
said animals that are infected with or that have been exposed to any of 
the above diseases whatever, along any highway or traveled road in 
this state. 

56. To be enclosed or herded. 

Sec. 2. The owner of any animal or animals so infected or diseased, 
as mentioned in section 1 of this act, or that has been exposed to any 
contagious disease, and the person or persons in charge thereof shall 
keep such animal or animals safely enclosed or securely herded upon 
lands owned by or held in actual possession by them under the laws of 
this state by the owner or person in charge of such animal or animals. 

57. Penalty — Entitled to recover damages. 

Sec. 3. Every person who may violate either of the preceding sec- 
tions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
conviction thereof, shall be punished therefor by a tine not less than 
thirty nor exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the 
county jail for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine 
and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, and the owner or 
owners of any animal or animals injured or damaged by any act or 
omission in violation of the provisions of this act shall be entitled to 
recover the amount of damages sustained from the owner or owners 
of the diseased live stock from which the contagion came, and shall 
also be entitled to recover the costs of prosecution. 

58. Diseased animals. 

Sec. 266. Every owner or person having charge thereof, who shall 
import or drive into this state, or who shall turn out or Buffer to run at 
large upon any highway or unenclosed lands, or upon any lands adjoin- 
ing the enclosed lands kept by any person for pasture; or who shall 
keep or allow to be kept in any barn with other animals, or water or 
allow to be watered at any public drinking fountain or watering place. 
any animal having any contagious or infectious disease ; or who shall 
sell, let or dispose of any such animal knowing it to he so diseased, 



without first apprising the purchaser or person taking it of the exis- 
tence of such disease, shall be guilt}' of a misdemeanor. 

The foregoing is Section 6531, Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 

59. Diseased animals — Disposal of carcasses. 

Sec. 267. Every person owning or having in charge any animal that 
has died or been killed on account of disease, shall immediately bury 
the carcass thereof at least three feet underground, or cause the same 
to be consumed by fire. No person shall sell or offer to sell or give 
away the carcass of any animal which died or was killed on account of 
disease, or convey the same along any public road or land not his own in 
a manner dangerous to the public health or the health of other animals. 
Every violation of any provision of this section shall be a misdemeanor. 
. The foregoing is Section 6532. Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 

60. Selling diseased flesh. 

Sec. 270. Any person who shall knowingly sell any flesh of any 
diseased animal is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished 
accordingly. The fove^inc; j S Section 6535. Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 



An Act providing for interstate and intrastate quarantine with respect 
to domestic animals and other live stock, poultry, bees, and agri- 
cultural and horticultural crops, products, seeds, plants, trees or 
shrubs, or any article infected with, or which may have been 
exposed to, infectious, contagious or destructive diseases, or 
infested with parasites, or insect pests, or the eggs or larvae thereof, 
dangerous to any industry in the state; and other matters relating 
thereto. 

Approved March 31. 1913, 456 

61. Governor may proclaim quarantine. 

Section 1. The governor is hereby authorized and empowered to 
proclaim and enforce quarantine against any state, or any portion of 
any state, with respect to the importation into Nevada ; or against any 
county or portion of any county, farm, nursery or apiary within the 
state, with respect to the exportation therefrom to any other part of 
the state, of any domestic animals or other live stock, poultry, bees, or 
agricultural or horticultural crops, products, seeds, plants, trees or 
shrubs or any article (hereinafter for convenience referred to as com- 
modities) infected with, or which may have been exposed to, infectious, 
contagious or destructive diseases, or infested with parasites, or insect 
pests, or the eggs or larva? thereof, dangerous to any industry in the 
state. In any criminal proceedings arising under this act, proof that 
any commodity, interdicted by proclamation of quarantine from import 
or export, was imported or exported in violation of quarantine, shall 
be deemed proof, within the meaning of this act, that the same was 
diseased, exposed to disease, or infested as aforesaid. The words 
"importation" and "exportation," as herein used, shall be construed 
to mean and include the transportation of any such commodity by any 
railroad, express company or other common carrier, or by any person 
or persons or baggage, or by vehicle or automobile, or the driving, 
leading or permitting to run at large of the same. The word farm, as 
herein used, shall be held and construed to mean and include any farm, 



stock range, stockyards, dairy, lot, or other premises not otherwise 
enumerated. 

62. Interstate and intrastate quarantine. 

Sec. 2. Whenever it shall appear to the state quarantine officer, by 
petition of any three citizens, or otherwise, that any industry in the 
state is endangered by importations from any other state of any com- 
modity mentioned in section 1 of this act ; or by exportations from any 
county, portion of any county, farm, nursery, or apiary within the 
state, to other parts of the state, of any such commodity", he shall at 
once take steps to ascertain the facts thereof, as hereinafter provided, 
and if in his opinion the facts so warrant, he shall by proclamation 
declare such state, or any portion of such state, in the first instance, 
quarantined from further importations into Nevada of any such com- 
modity ; or any such county, or portion of such county, farm, nursery, 
or apiary, in the second instance, quarantined from exportations of any 
such commodity to other parts of the state; which quarantine shall 
remain effective unless vacated by order of the governor of the state 
within forty-eight (48) hours, or until said quarantine is raised by 
proper authority. As amended, Stats. 1915, 332. 

Sec. 3. Stats. 1913, 457, repealed, Stats. 1915, 332. 

63. Quarantine proclamation mailed. 

Sec. 4. When quarantine is so declared against importations from 
any state, or any portion of a state, of any commodity referred to in 
section 1 of this act a certified copy of such proclamation shall be 
mailed by registered mail to each of the following: To the governor 
of such state ; the United States quarantine officer having federal juris- 
diction over the same character of quarantine ; and to the state agent 
of any interstate railroad, express company or other common carrier 
over which, or by which, such commodity might be transported. 

64. Notice to county authorities. 

Sec. 5. When quarantine is declared against any county or portion 
of any county, farm, nursery or apiary within the state, forbidding 
exportations therefrom of any commodity mentioned in section 1 of 
this act, a certified copy of such proclamation shall be mailed by regis- 
tered mail to each of the following : To the sheriff ; chairman of the 
board of county commissioners ; and county clerk of such county, and 
if a single farm, nursery or apiary be quarantined, to the owner or 
resident manager thereof. The governor may, in his discretion, cause 
a copy of such proclamation to be published in some newspaper of gen- 
eral circulation published within the county, once a week for four 
consecutive weeks, unless said quarantine is sooner raised, as notice to 
all concerned. 

65. Penalties for violation. 

Sec. 6. Any person, or any officer, agent or employee of any cor- 
poration, who shall import or export, or who shall insist in importing 
or exporting, as a principal or accessory, any commodity mentioned in 
section 1 of this act, forbidden to be imported or exported by any 
proclamation of quarantine, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and on conviction thereof shall be punished as prescribed in section 
6285, Revised Laws of Nevada. Any railroad company, any express 



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company, or other common carrier, which shall carry, haul or trans- 
port into Nevada from any state, or portion of any state, quarantined 
against, or from any county, portion of any county, farm, nursery or 
apiary within the state, under quarantine, to any other part of the 
state, any commodity mentioned in section 1 of this act, forbidden to be 
so imported or. exported, shall be liable for any and all damages occur- 
ring by reason of such importation or exportation, and which may be 
recovered by action against such railroad company, express company 
or common carrier brought in any court of competent jurisdiction 
within two years after the date of such offense or offenses, if more 
than one. Such action shall be instituted in the name of the state, for 
and on behalf of the person or persons, firms or corporations suffering 
injury, and the attorney-general shall prosecute the same. 

66. To cooperate with federal authorities. 

Sec. 7. In so far as practicable, the governor, or state quarantine 
officer, in directing the enforcement of quarantine, shall cooperate with 
the federal authorities. The state quarantine officer is hereby author- 
ized and empowered to exercise all needful authority required for the 
proper and efficient enforcement of quarantine ; to make arrests of 
persons violating the same, or suspected of such violation, and to 
examine any premises or any shipment or consignment suspected of 
containing any interdicted commodity within the meaning of this act, 
arid may open any container thereof and inspect the same. If such 
shipment or consignment prove to be an interdicted commodity as 
aforesaid, he shall have power to require any railroad, express com- 
pany, or other common carrier immediately to reship such consignment 
back to point of origin, if the same has not yet been delivered to the 
consignee, and the failure or refusal of any railroad company, express 
company, or other common carrier promptly so to do shall render such 
company so offending liable to fine in any sum not less than five hun- 
dred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, and which may be 
collected by proceedings instituted by the state and prosecuted by the 
attorney-general in any court of competent jurisdiction, and any prop- 
erty of the defendant within the state may be levied on and sold in 
satisfaction of the judgment. As amended, Stats. 1915, 332. 

67. Commodity may be fumigated or destroyed, when. 

Sec. 8. Any commodity mentioned in section 1 of this act forbidden 
to be imported or exported by any proclamation of quarantine, wher- 
ever the same may be located, if in the opinion, of the quarantine officer 
endangering any industry of the state, may be fumigated, disinfected, 
treated, or destroyed, as the governor may authorize such quarantine 
officer so to do ; provided, that any property so ordered to be destroyed, 
if acquired by the owner of the same, came into his possession prior to 
the date of the proclamation of quarantine, before being destroyed 
shall be appraised as to its value by two disinterested appraisers, one 
to be appointed by the owner thereof, or if he be absent, by his agent, 
manager or foreman ; one by said quarantine officer, and if the two so 
chosen cannot agree, they shall name a third appraiser, and if unable 
to agree upon such third appraiser, said quarantine officer may name 
some disinterested person to name a third appraiser; and two of the 
three so named as appraisers, agreeing upon the valuation of the prop- 



erty destroyed, the same shall be final. Said valuation so appraised 
shall be divided into three equal parts; one part of which the owner 
shall lose, one part shall be paid to him by the county wherein the 
property is situated, by order of the board of county commissioners 
from the general fund of the county, on a certified copy of such 
appraisement, the same as other bills are paid ; and one-third by the 
state, on a certified copy of such appraisement, attested by the quaran- 
tine officer and approved by the state board of examiners, when the 
state controller shall draw his warrant and the state treasurer pay tin' 
same from the general fund in the state treasury. But no property 
destroyed under the provisions of this section, if acquired, or the same 
came into possesssion of the owner, after the date of such proclamation 
of quarantine, shall be subject to such part payment by the county or 
by the state. All costs of fumigation, disinfection or treatment ordered 
to be performed by said quarantine officer shall be borne by the owner 
of such commodity, and he, or in his absence, his agent, manager or 
foreman, shall perform the same promptly and exactly as instructed 
and not otherwise, and the refusal or neglect so to do shall constitute 
a misdemeanor, and such owner, agent, manager or foreman, so delin- 
quent, on conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 
6285, Revised Laws of Nevada. In such case said quarantine officer, or 
any person deputized by him, may enter upon such premises and per- 
form such fumigation, disinfection or treatment, and all the costs 
thereof shall attach as a lien against any property of such owner within 
the state. On the neglect or refusal of such owner promptly to pay the 
same on presentation of an itemized bill certified to by said quarantine 
officer or his deputy, the district attorney of the county shall forthwith 
proceed to levy an attachment against any property of such owner 
within the state for the amount due plus the costs of legal procedure, 
and proceed to collect the same by foreclosure proceedings. 

68. Peace officers to assist quarantine officer. 

Sec. 9. The sheriff and all peace officers of any county when called 
upon by said quarantine officer, and the state police likewise, shall aid 
and assist him in the enforcement of quarantine and in the arrest of 
any person accused of violating the same, and the district attorney of 
any county in which any person is charged with a misdemeanor under 
this act shall prosecute the same. 

Sees. 10 and 11, Stats. 1913, 467, repealed. Stats. 1915, 333. 

69. Each section declared independent. 

Sec. 12. Each section of this act and every part of each section is 
hereby declared to be independent sections, and parts of sections, and 
the holding of any section or part thereof to be void or ineffective i'^v 
any cause shall not be deemed to affect any other section or any part 
thereof. 

Sec, 13, Stats. 1913, 461. repealed, Stats. 1915, 333. 

70. Who to administer act and designate quarantine officer. 

Sec. 15. The president and board of regents of the University of 
Nevada are hereby designated the authority to administer this act. 
They shall have -power to designate the state quarantine officer, who 
shall be in charge of the laboratory of the university, known as the state 
veterinary control service. They shall appoint a properly qualified 



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entomologist to advise with the state quarantine officer in all matters in 
which the scientific knowledge of an entomologist is essential. The 
appointment of the state quarantine officer shall be effective when 
approved by the governor. Added, Stats. 1915, 333. 

Note — This and the following Act provide for the issuance by the Governor 
and the State Quarantine Officer of certain general quarantine proclamations 
and local quarantines. As these are subject to constant change, those in effect 
at this time are not included in this compilation. For information as to those 
in effect, communicate with the State Quarantine Officer, University of Nevada, 
Reno. Nevada. , 



An Act providing for the better prevention, control and extermination 
of infectious, contagious and destructive diseases, parasites and 
insect pests, affecting animals, poultry, bees or agricultural or 
. horticultural plants, trees or shrubs, injurious to any industry in 
the state, and other matters relating thereto; and to repeal an act 
entitled "An act providing for the appointment of a state veteri- 
narian, defining his duties and fixing his compensation — Governor 
to appoint," approved March 15, 1905, and all acts and parts of 
acts in conflict with the provisions of this act. 

Approved March 31, 1913, 452 

71. For prevention of disease. 

Section 1. For the better prevention, control, and extermination of 
infectious, contagious, or destructive diseases, parasites or insect pests, 
affecting poultry, bees, or agricultural or horticultural plants, trees, or 
shrubs, injurious to any industry in the state, the governor, with the 
advice of the state quarantine officer, or otherwise, is hereby empowered 
to proclaim and enforce quarantine against any state or any portion 
of any state, with respect to the importation into Nevada, or against 
any county or any portion of any county, farm, nursery, or apiary 
within the state, with respect to the exportation therefrom to any 
other part of the state, of any poultry, bees, or agricultural or horti- 
cultural crops, products, seeds, plants, trees or shrubs, or any article: 
(hereinafter for convenience referred to as commodity) infected with, 
or which may have been exposed to, infectious, contagious, or destruc- 
tive diseases, or infected with parasites or insect pests, or the eggs or 
larva? thereof, dangerous to any industry in the state; and to formu- 
late and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary for 
the proper carrying out of the provisions of this act. The word 
"plants," as herein used, shall be construed to mean and include any 
and all farm, field, and garden crops grown in the state. The word 
"trees," as herein used, shall be construed to mean and include any and 
all fruit, shade, and ornamental trees. The word "shrubs," as herein 
used, shall be construed to mean and include all fruit-producing, orna- 
mental, or useful shrubs and bushes. As amended, Stats. 1915, 424. 

Stats. 1913, 453, sees. 2, 3, and 4 repealed, Stats. 1915, 424. 

72. State quarantine officer to be notified. 

Sec. 5. It is hereby made the duty of each and every person in the 
state owning, possessing, or having upon his premises, or any prem- 
ises under his control, lease, supervision, or management, any poultry, 
bees, or agricultural or horticultural plants, trees, or shrubs, as here- 



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tofore defined, immediately upon the appearance thereamong of any 
unknown disease, or disease known to be, or which by him reasonably 
should be suspected of being, infectious, contagious, or destructive; 
or of any parasite or insect pest, known to be, or which by him reason- 
ably should be suspected of being, injurious to any industry in the 
state, immediately to notify the state quarantine officer, and the neglect 
or failure so to do shall constitute a misdemeanor, and on conviction 
thereof the person so offending shall be fined in any sum not exceeding 
one hundred dollars. As amended, Stats. 1915, 424. 

73. Quarantine officer to issue bulletin. 

Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the state quarantine officer to prepare, 
or cause to be prepared and printed, such circulars describing and 
illustrating the appearance and characteristics of such contagious, 
infectious, or destructive diseases, parasites, or insect pests as in his 
judgment is necessary and desirable. As amended, Stats. 1915, i25. ' 

74. Quarantine officer to act. 

Sec. 7. Whenever it shall appear to the state quarantine officer that 
any infectious, contagious or destructive disease, parasite or insect pest 
affecting animals, poultry, bees or agricultural or horticultural plants, 
trees or shrubs has appeared in the state, injurious or threatening 
injury to any industry, it shall be the duty of such state quarantine 
officer immediately to make, or cause to be made, investigation to deter- 
mine the fact and thereupon promptly to take action and adopt mea- 
sures for the control and extermination thereof, and the prevention of 
the spread of the same ; provided, that the board of county commis- 
sioners of such county shall provide for all the necessary traveling, 
living and other needful expenses connected therewith. 

75. Quarantine to be established. 

Sec. 8. If the quarantine of any county or portion of any county, 
farm, nursery, or apiary is required, said state quarantine officer shall 
immediately issue an emergency quarantine order, which shall be effec- 
tive for forty-eight (48) hours, at the end of which time it shall be 
void, unless confirmed by the governor. The state quarantine officer, 
or any agent appointed by him for such purpose, shall have authority 
to enter upon any premises for the purpose of inspection, with respect 
to the existence or suspected existence of any such disease, parasite, or 
insect pest, or the germs, eggs, or larva? thereof, and to make such 
inspection as thorough as may be deemed proper without let or hin- 
drance from the owner or person in possession or in charge thereof. 
As amended, Stats. 1915, 425. 

76. Powers of quarantine officer. 

Sec. 9. When such disease, parasite, or insect pest, or the eggs or 
larvae thereof, is discovered upon any premises the state quarantine 
officer is hereby empowered to employ any and all means in his judg- 
ment necessary for the control, extermination, and prevention of the 
spread of the same. He may give explicit directions to the owner, or 
person in charge thereof, relating to what procedure he shall take with 
respect to the treatment, control, and extermination thereof and pre- 
vention of the spread of the same, and such instructions shall be 



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mandatory upon such person, and he shall perform the same within a 
certain time to be specified, and the failure or refusal of any such per- 
son so to do shall constitute a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof 
the person so offending shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five 
hundred dollars. On such failure or refusal, or with the consent of 
the owner or person in possession or charge thereof, or in case of 
emergency, or on his own initiation, he, or any agent authorized by him 
so to do, may enter upon such premises and take charge thereof, and 
conduct such treatment, control, extermination, or prevention from 
spreading of any such disease, parasite, or insect pest, and all costs 
thereof shall be borne by the owner of such premises or property. On 
the neglect or refusal of such owner promptly to pay the same, on 
presentation of an itemized bill therefor, certified to by said state 
quarantine officer, said cost shall attach as a lien against any property 
of such owner within the state, and the district attorney of the county 
shall forthwith proceed to levy an attachment against such property 
for the amount due, plus the cost of legal procedure, and collect the 
same by foreclosure proceedings. As amended, Stats. 1915, 425. 

77. Further duties of quarantine officer. 

Sec. 10. Whenever in the opinion of the state quarantine officer, 
any general or special measures of precaution are necessary to be taken 
to prevent the introduction or spread of any such disease, parasite, or 
insect pest, beyond any premises where the same may have appeared, 
said state quarantine officer shall prepare explicit directions as to such 
measure, and notif y all parties, directed to comply therewith, by letter, 
circular, or by publication. "Where notice by publication in any county 
is deemed necessary by said state quarantine officer, he shall forward 
a copy of such notice to the chairman of the board of county commis- 
sioners of such county requesting that the same be published in one 
or more newspapers published in such county once a week for four 
consecutive weeks; and it shall be the duty of the board of county 
commissioners to cause the same forthwith to be so published, and the 
cost of such publication shall be paid by the county in the usual manner 
as other county advertising. And such notice, to all parties addressed, 
shall be mandatory for the performance of, and compliance with, such 
measures of precaution, according to such directions and within the 
time limits, if any, therein specified. It shall be the duty of the state 
quarantine officer to see that all persons comply therewith, and on the 
neglect or refusal of any so to do, promptly to notify the district attor- 
ney, with the names of the persons so neglecting or refusing. Said 
district attorney shall call the same to the attention of the board of 
county commissioners at its next succeeding meeting, and it shall be the 
duty of said board, and it is hereby fully authorized and empowered, 
to take such suitable action as in its opinion is necessary and proper 
to enforce the performance of, or compliance with, such measures of 
precaution with respect to the property or premises of each of said 
parties so neglecting or refusing. And in pursuance whereof said 
board may direct the sheriff of the county to carry out and enforce its 
order, and the costs thereof shall be borne by the owner of such prop- 
erty or premises; and on the refusal of such owner promptly to pay 
the same on presentation of an itemized bill, certified to bv the sheriff, 
3 



said costs shall attach as a lien against any property of said owner 
within the state, and the district attorney of said county shall forth- 
with institute proceedings to foreclose such lien, together with the 
costs of legal procedure. As amended, Stats. 1915, 426. 

78. Printing. 

Sec. 11. All necessary printing required by said state quarantine 
officer shall be printed at the state printing office, and five thousand 
copies of any circular mentioned in section 7 of this act may be so 
printed, but no other printed matter shall exceed the number pre- 
scribed by law. 

79. Certain act not affected. 

Sec. 12. That certain act entitled "An act regulating the sheep 
industry in the State of Nevada, creating a state board of sheep com- 
missioners, defining their duties and prescribing their compensation,"' 
approved March 26, 1907, together with all acts amendatory thereof 
or supplemental thereto, shall not be deemed to be affected by the pro- 
visions of this act. 

80. Act repealed. 

Sec. 13. An act entitled "An act providing for the appointment of 
a state veterinarian, defining his duties and fixing his compensation — 
Governor to appoint," approved March 15, 1905, and all other acts 
and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby 
repealed. 

Note — This and the preceding Act provide for the issuance by the Governor 
and the State Quarantine Otlicer of certain general quarantine proclamations 
and local quarantines. As these are subject to constant change, those in effect 
at this time are not included in this compilation. For information as to those 
in effect, communicate with the State Quarantine Officer, University of Nevada, 
Ileuo. Nevada. 



An Act to establish at the University of Nevada a state veterinary con- 
trol service, defining its duties, and providing for the conduct of 
the same, and stating its relation to the state quarantine laics. 

Approved March 11, 1015. 113 

81. State veterinary control service at university. 

Section 1. The president and board of regents of the University of 
Nevada are hei;eby instructed to establish at the University of Nevada 
a laboratory to be known as the state veterinary control service, for the 
diagnosis of infectious diseases among animals and the conduct of 
research into the nature, cause, and control of such diseases. 

82. Equipment. 

Sec. 2. The regents of the university shall, from any moneys appro- 
priated therefor, purchase suitable equipment, apparatus, chemicals, 
and supplies for the maintenance of such veterinary control service at 
the university. 

83. Veterinarian must be bacteriologist. 

Sec. 3. The regents of the university shall, upon the recommenda- 
tion of the president, appoint a qualified veterinarian, a bacteriologist, 
to conduct and direct said control service, and shall grant him such 



assistants as they deem necessary. The individual thus appointed shall 
be known as the state quarantine officer. 

84. Must enforce certain laws. 

Sec. 4. In addition to his duties comprehended under the terms of 
this act. he shall be the official adviser and executive officer for the 
enforcement of the provisions contained in chapters 279 and 280 of the 
Session Laws of the State of Nevada, Twenty-sixth session, 1913 ; 'pro- 
vided, however, that wherever in these acts the duties imposed upon 
such officer require the exercise of the police power of the state, he shall 
make his recommendation to the governor who shall take such action 
thereunder as he may deem Avise. 

85. Rules for conduct of service. 

Sec. 5. The president and board of regents of the University of 
Nevada may make such rules and regulations for the conduct of the 
said veterinary control service and for the guidance of the state quar- 
antine officer as they may deem wise for the proper conduct of the 
office of state quarantine officer, as herein provided. All moneys 
appropriated by the state provided for the expense of the enforcement 
of chapters 279 and 280 of the Session Laws of the State of Nevada, 
Twenty-sixth session. 1913. shall, be expended with the approval of the 
president and board of regents of the University of Nevada. 
Note — See also : 

An Act relating to cattle, horses and hogs, and regulating such stock, etc. 

Sees. 1-23. 
An Act regulating the sheep industry in the State of Nevada, etc. Sees. 

24-54. 
An Act for the prevention of cruelty to animals, etc. Sees. 233-249. 

Note — In addition to the state laws and regulations, the federal law creating 
the Bureau of Animal Industry with amendments thereto and the various regu- 
lations issued by this Bureau deal with the control and eradication of con- 
tagious and infectious animal diseases, more especially from an interstate 
standpoint. As this law and the regulations issued under it are quite volumi- 
nous and the latter subject to constant change, they are not included in this 
compilation. For information regarding those now in effect, communicate with 
the Bureau of Animal Industry, Federal Building, Salt Lake City, Utah, or the 
State Quarantine Officer, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada. 



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LAWS RELATING TO THE DESTRUCTION OF PREDATORY 
AND NOXIOUS ANIMALS AND BOUNTIES FOR SAME 

Sections 86 - 100 



An Act creating the state rabies commission, prescribing its member- 
ship and duties, and making an appropriation for the control and 
eradication of rabies and noxious animals within the State of 
Nevada, in cooperation with the biological survey of the V. S. 
Department of Agriculture. 

Approved March 8, 1917, 54 

86. Commission created — How composed. 

Section 1. That for the purpose of cooperating with the biological 
survey of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, for the control and 
eradication of rabies and noxious animals within the State of Nevada, 
there is hereby created the state rabies commission, consisting of the 
governor and four members to be appointed by the governor, one of 
whom shall be the director of the state veterinary control service, who 
shall act as secretary of the commission without extra compensation 
as such, and one each to be appointed from the state board of sheep 
commissioners, the state board of stock commissioners, and the state 
board of health. The governor shall be ex officio chairman of said 
commission. The members of said commission shall serve without 
salary, but shall be allowed their traveling and living expenses while 
attending meetings, or otherwise direct! y engaged in such control or 
extermination work. 

87. Appropriation. 

Sec. 2. For the cooperative support of the work of control and 
eradication of rabies and noxious animals as aforesaid there is hereby 
appropriated thirty-five thousand ($35,000) dollars annually for % each 
of the fiscal years 1917 and 1918, from any moneys in the state treasury 
not otherwise appropriated. For said fiscal years 1917 and 1918 an 
ad valorem tax of two cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable 
property in the State of Nevada is hereby levied and directed to be 
collected upon all such taxable property in the state, including net 
proceeds of mines, the proceeds of which shall be placed in a special 
fund in the state treasury for the purpose of meeting the appropria- 
tion heretofore provided for in this section. All claims against said 
fund and appropriation shall be approved by the chairman and secre- 
tary of said commission and by said board of examiners. 

88. Duties. 

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of said commission to enter into a 
definite agreement with said biological survey, prescribing the manner, 
terms, and conditions of such cooperation, and the amounts which the 
state and federal government will respectively contribute thereto, for 
each of said fiscal years, and said commission in its work under the 
provisions of this act shall be governed by said agreement. 



An Act to provide for the destruction of noxious animals and to repeal 
an act relating thereto. 

Approved February 3, 1887, 38 

89. Bounties for certain animals. 

Section 1. If any person shall take or kill within this state any 
of the following noxious animals, he shall be entitled to receive, out of 
the treasury of the county within which such animals shall have been 
taken, the following bounties, to wit : For every lynx or wildcat, two 
dollars, and for every mountain lion, five dollars ; all of which bounties 
shall be subject to the .provisions of this act. As amended, Stats. 1913, 
18; 1917, 72. 

90. Scalps to be taken. 

Sec. 2. The person intending to apply for such bounty shall take 
the scalps with the ears connected thereto of the noxious animals killed 
by him, to some justice of the peace of the county within which such 
noxious animals shall have been taken. 

91. Claimant to make oath. 

Sec. 3. The person claiming such bounty shall then be sworn by 
such justice, and state on oath the time and place when and where 
said noxious animals for which a bounty is claimed by him were taken 
and killed, and shall also submit to such further examination on oath 
concerning the taking and killing of such noxious animals as the jus- 
tice may require. 

92. Justice to give certificate — Fees of justice. 

Sec. 4. If it shall appear to the justice that the noxious animals 
have been taken and killed within the county, he shall cut off the 
ears from the scalps and give to the person so sworn a certificate stating 
the number and kind of scalps deposited with said justice. The justice 
shall within thirty days thereafter send to the sheriff of his county all 
scalps deposited with him, together with a statement naming the per- 
son depositing the same, the time deposited, and the kind of scalps. 
Upon receipt of said scalps and statement, the sheriff, county clerk 
and district attorney, as a part of their official duties, shall compare the 
number and kind of scalps received by the said sheriff with said state- 
ment, and immediately thereafter said officials shall destroy said scalps 
and file the said statement with the clerk of the board of county com- 
missioners. The said justice shall receive for each oath administered 
twenty-five cents, and for each certificate twenty-five cents, to be paid 
by the party applying for said bounty, and in no case to be a charge 
against the county. As amended, Stats. 1899, 61. 

93. Amount allowed. 

Sec. 5. Upon the presentation to the board of county commission- 
ers of the proper county of any such certificate, they are hereby 
authorized and directed to allow the amount due under the provisions 
of this act to the person therein named, out of the general fund of 
the county. 

Sec. 6. An act entitled "An act to provide for the destruction of 
noxious animals within this state," is hereby repealed. 



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An Act to provide for the destruction of ct rtain noxious anim 
Approved March 13. 1891,39 

94. Bounty for destruction of gophers. 

Section 1. If any person shall take and kill within this state any 
pocket gophers he shall be entitled to receive out of the treasury of the 
county within which such pocket gophers shall have been taken the 
following bounty, to wit: For every pocket gopher, one and one-half 
cents; provided, no person shall be entitled to apply for or receive 
bounty money for any number of scalps less than one hundred at any 
one time, and all bounties to be paid for the abject herein set forth 
shall be subject to the provisions of this act; and, further provided, 
that the term pocket gophers herein shall not include squirrels or 
chipmunks. As amended. Stats. 1893, 20. 

95. When bounty may be claimed. 

Sec. 2. The person intending to apply for such bounty shall take 
the heads, or skin of the heads, with pockets attached, with the ears 
connected thereto, of the pocket gophers killed by him to some justice 
of the peace of the county within which such pocket gophers shall have 
been taken. As amended, Stats. 1893,21. 

96. Claimant to be sworn by justice. 

Sec. 3. The person claiming such bounty shall then be sworn by 
such justice of the peace, and state on oath the time and place when 
and where said pocket gophers for which a bounty is claimed by him, 
were taken and killed, and shall also submit to such further examina- 
tion, on oath, concerning the killing and taking of such pocket gophers, 
as the justice of the peace may require. As amended. Stats. 16 

97. Duties of justice of the peace. 

Sec. 4. If it shall appear to the justice of the peace that the pocket 
gopher or pocket gophers have been taken and killed within the county, 
he shall cut off the ears from the scalp and destroy the said ears, and 
give to the person so sworn a certificate stating the number of scalps 
deposited with and destroyed by him. The said justice of the peace 
shall receive for each oath administered, twenty-five cents, and for 
each certificate, twenty-five cents, to be paid by the party applying for 
such bounty, and in no case to be a charge against the county. As 
amended, Stats. 1893, 21. 

98. Bounties allowed, how. 

Sec. 5. Upon the presentation to the board of county commissioners 
of the proper county of any such certificate, they are hereby authorized 
and directed to allow the amount due under the provisions of this act 
to the person therein named, out of the general fund of such county. 

Note — For bounties allowable by State Board of Stock Commissi oners and 
State Board of Sheep Commissioners, sec Sections 7 and .".:',. respectively. 



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An Act to provide for the appointment of inspectors to inspect lands 
infected with, or threatened with damage by, field mice, squirrels, 
or other noxious vermin, to prescribe their duties and fix their 
compensation. Approved Mai , eh 16) 1909? 123 

99. Inspectors, how appointed — Bond. 

Section 1. Whenever it shall appear to the board of county com- 
missioners of any county in this state that the agricultural interests of 
said county are being damaged, or threatened with damage, by reason 
of the depredations of field mice, squirrels, or other noxious vermin, it 
shall be the duty of the said board of county commissioners to appoint 
some suitable person or persons to inspect the lands so infested, or 
threatened with infection, and take all necessary means for the exter- 
mination of the same. The inspectors so appointed shall, before enter- 
ing upon the duties of their office, take and file with the board of 
county commissioners a bond to be approved by said board in a sum 
not exceeding one thousand ($1,000) dollars, conditioned for the faith- 
ful discharge of the duties of their office, and shall take the official oath. 
Said inspectors shall receive a compensation not exceeding five dollars 
($5) per day for each and every day actually employed by them in the 
discharge of their duties, and the necessary expenses while so employed. 

100. Duties of inspectors. 

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of any of the said inspectors, when com- 
plaint is made to him in writing, by five or more residents of the 
county, owning or occupying lands in the vicinity, that certain lands 
therein described are infested with field mice, squirrels, or other 
noxious vermin, to immediately examine the tract or tracts of land 
complained of, and if upon such investigation, he shall find that the 
land so complained of, or any portion thereof, is so infested with field 
mice, squirrels, or other noxious vermin, as to seriously damage, or 
threaten serious damage to lands in its vicinity, he shall serve a written 
notice upon the owner or occupant of said land to immediately take 
such steps to destroy the same, and if the party, or parties, so notified, 
do not, within five days from the time of receiving said notice, proceed 
to do so, the inspector shall immediately take such measures as may be 
necessary to exterminate such field mice, squirrels, or other noxious 
vermin, and when he shall have completed doing so, he shall present 
an itemized bill of the expenses incurred therefor, to the owner or 
occupant of said premises so treated, and if said owner or occupant 
shall fail to paj^ the same within fifteen days from the date of the 
presentation, the inspector performing the work shall so notify the 
board of county commissioners of his county, with a statement contain- 
ing a general description of the land treated, the name of the owner 
or occupant thereof, the time when said land was treated by him, the 

tcost of the treatment, and that the same has not been paid, whereupon 
such indebtedness shall become a lien against the land so treated, which 
said lien shall not be removed or defeated until such indebtedness shall 
have been fully paid, and it shall be the duty of said board of county 
commissioners to require the district attorney of the county to collect 
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LAWS RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS OF 
BREEDING STOCK 

Sections 101 - 124 



An Act regulating the breeding of cattle on open ranges within the 
State of Nevada; defining a standard of breeding for bulls run- 
ning upon the open range; fixing responsibility and providing 
a penalty for the violation of any provision of this act. 
Approved March 7, 1917, 47 

101. Number of bulls regulated. 

Section 1. It is hereby made unlawful to turn loose, range, or run 
at large, any cattle where the same may have access to a domain or 
range common to other cattle, without keeping therewith, between the 
first day of June and the first day of November of each year, one bull 
for every thirty head or fraction thereof of female breeding cattle so 
ranged; provided, however, that any person ranging or running at 
large no greater number than fifteen head of female breeding cattle 
may jointly provide and arrange with another for an interest in a 
bull running at large on the open range where such female breeding 
cattle may range or run. For the purposes of this act, any heifer of 
the age of twelve months or over shall be considered a breeding cow. 

102. Quality of bulls— Certificate to be filed. 

Sec. 2. It is hereby made unlawful to turn loose or allow to run at 
large upon a domain or range common to other cattle, any bull other 
than such as may be at least three-quarter pure blood of some recog- 
nized beef breed of cattle. A three-quarter pure-blood bull, as contem- 
plated by this act, must be a bull having a registration certificate from 
the breed association of its respective breed, or one whose breeder has 
issued a certificate or made an affidavit under oath stating therein that 
the bull is at least three-quarter pure blood and stating the breed to 
which it -belongs. Such certificate or affidavit shall be filed with the 
county recorder of the county in which the owTier of such bull or 
bulls resides ; or if the owner thereof be a nonresident of this state, then 
such certificate or affidavit shall be recorded in the county or counties 
in which such bull or bulls are to be ranged ; and the county recorder 
shall provide a book for the recordation of such certificate or affidavit. 
Such certificate or affidavit shall be filed with the county clerk, as 
herein provided, on or before the day on which any such bull or bulls 
are permitted to run at large. 

103. Penalties for violation. 

Sec. 3. The violation of any of the provisions of this act is hereby 
declared to be a misdemeanor; and any person or persons, firm, copart- 
nership, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall, 
upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than one 
hundred ($100) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars, or 



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by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or by 
both such fine and imprisonment. Any manager, superintendent, fore- 
man, or herdsman, or any other person having charge or supervision 
over the cattle or live stock of any corporation doing business or rang- 
ing cattle within this state, who knowingly ranges or runs or permits 
to be ranged or run at large upon any range of this state the cattle of 
such corporation without first having complied with the provisions of 
this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
thereof shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, as herein 
provided. 

An Act to protect horse-growers. 
Approved March 9, 1889, 97 

104. Punishment for erroneous pedigree. 

Section 1. Any person who shall sell any stallion within the limits 
of this state, intended for breeding purposes, and who shall give a false 
or erroneous written pedigree, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and 
on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state 
prison for a term of not less than one year nor more than five years, 
and such person so offending shall be liable to the person so purchasing 
for all damages he may sustain by reason of such false record of pedi- 
gree; provided, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to any 
representation concerning pedigree unless the same has been reduced 
to writing and signed by the party so making the same. 

105. To keep pedigree posted — Penalty. 

Sec. 2. Every person who shall keep a stallion for the service of 
mares shall keep posted in a conspicuous place on or near the stable 
where such stallion is kept, a full and complete pedigree of such stal- 
lion headed by the name by which said stallion is known ; provided, 
that in cases where the pedigree is unknown such fact shalL be inserted, 
in such notice in lieu of pedigree. Any person violating the provisions 
of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on convic- 
tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars 
nor more than five hundred dollars, and as a further punishment for 
the offense the owner or keeper of such horse shall have no legal right 
to collect any charges made. for services of such horse. 



An Act to regulate the public service of stallions and jacks in Nevada. 
Approved March 24, 1913, 289 

106. Stallion registration board — Pedigree registered. 

Section 1. Every person, firm, or company, standing or using for 
public service or offering "for sale, any stallion or jack in this state, 
shall cause the name, description and pedigree of such stallion or jack 
to be enrolled by a stallion registration board, hereinafter provided for, 
and shall secure a license from said board as provided for in section 4 
of this act. All enrollment and verification of pedigree shall be done 
by this board. 

107. Duties of board. 

Sec. 2. In order to carry out the provisions of this act there shall 
be constituted a stallion registration board, whose duty it shall be to 



verify and register pedigrees; to employ one or two graduate veteri- 
narians to make examination of the stallion for soundness: to pass 
upon certificates of soundness ; to issue stallion license certificates ; to 
make all necessary rules and regulations; and to perform such other 
duties as may be necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions of 
this act, 

108. Board, how composed. 

Sec. 3. The stallion registration board shall be composed of the 
professor of veterinary science and the professor of veterinary science 
and the professor of animal husbandry at the University of Nevada 
shall be secretary and executive officer of the board. 

Note — This section as it appears in the enrolled statutes is obviously defec- 
tive. The original manuscript of this act as introduced, being Assembly Bill 
No. 271, Session of 1913, on Hie in the office of the Secretary of State, while 
different, is, however, equally defective in so far as creating a personnel for 
the board is concerned. It reads as follows : 

Sec. 3. The stallion registration board shall be composed of the 
professor of veterinary science and the professor of animal hus- 
bandry at the University of Nevada shall be secretary and executive 
officer of the board. 

109. How license secured. 

Sec. 4. In order to secure this license certificate herein provided for. 
the owner shall apply for such to the stallion registration board, after 
the stallion or jack has been examined for soundness. The owner of 
such stallion or jack shall furnish to the stallion registration board the 
veterinary certificate, and the stud-book registry certificate of pedigree 
of the stallion or jack and all other necessary papers relating to his 
breeding and ownership. Upon verification of pedigree and breeding 
and certificate that the stallion or jack has passed the necessary veteri- 
nary inspection, as provided for in this act, a license certificate shall 
be furnished. The presence of one or more of the following-named 
diseases shall disqualify a stallion or jack from public service and are 
hereby defined as infectious, contagious, or transmissible diseases or 
unsoundness for this act: Cataract, amaurosis, laryngeal hemiplegia 
(roaring or whistling), chorea. (St. Vitus dance, crampness. string- 
halt), glanders or farcy, maladie du coit, urethral gleet, mange, 
ringbone, bone spavin, sidebone, and curb when accompanied by a 
curby hock. The stallion registration board is hereby authorized to 
refuse certificates of enrollment to any stallion or jack affected with 
any of these diseases specified and to revoke a previously issued license 
certificate of any stallion or jack found upon examination to he so 
affected. 

110. Temporary licenses, when. 

Sec. 5. The stallion registration board is authorized in case of emer- 
gency to grant temporary license certificates without veterinary exami- 
nation, upon receipt of an affidavit of the owner to the effect that to 
the best of his knowledge and belief said stallion or jack is free from 
infectious, contagious, or transmissible disease or unsoundness. Tem- 
porary license certificates shall be valid only until veterinary examina- 
tion can reasonablv be made. 



111. Imported stallion or jack. 

Sec. 6. Every person, firm, or company, importing any stallion or 
jack into the State of Nevada, for breeding purposes or sale, shall first 
secure a certificate from a recognized state or federal veterinary office, 
certifying that said stallion or jack is free from any or all diseases or 
unsoundness referred to in section 4 of this act. A copy of the certifi- 
cate must be mailed to the secretary of the stallion registration board 
at the University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, at least five clays before the 
importation of the stallion or jack into the state. No stallion or jack 
that is neither pure-bred nor grade according to the meaning of this 
act shall be imported into the state for breeding purposes. 

112. License to be posted. 

Sec. 7. The owner of any stallion or jack standing for public ser- 
vice in this state shall post and keep affixed during the entire breeding 
season copies of the license certificate of such stallion or jack in a con- 
spicuous place both within and upon the outside of every stable, build- 
ing or corral where the stallion or jack is used for public service at 
home or elsewhere. 

113. Form of poster. 

Sec. 8. Upon each bill and poster issued by the owner of any stallion 
or jack enrolled under this act, or used by him or his agent, for adver- 
tising such stallion or jack, the name of the animal shall be preceded 
by the words "pure-bred," "cross-bred."' "grade," "nonstandard-bred," 
or "mongrel," or "scrub," in accordance with the wording of the 
certificate of enrollment ; and it shall be illegal to print upon the poster 
any misleading reference to the breeding of the stallion or jack, his 
sire or his dam, or to use any portrait in a misleading way ; and each 
newspaper advertisement printed to advertise any stallion or jack for 
public service shall show the enrollment certificate number, and state 
whether it reads "pure-bred," "cross-bred," "grade," "nonstandard," 
or "mongrel," or "scrub." 

114. Forms of certificates. 

Sec. 9. The license certificate issued for a stallion or jack whose sire 

and dam are pure-bred and of the same breed and the pedigree of 

which is registered in a stud-book recognized by the United States 

department of agriculture, shall be in the following form : 

Stallion Registration Board 

License Certificate of Pure-Bred Stallion No 

The pedigree of stallion (name) ! 

Owned by _ _. 

Described as follows: 

Color.. Breed 

Foaled in the year.... , has been examined by the stallion regis- 
tration board of Nevada, and it is hereby certified that the said stallion 
is of pure breeding and is registered in a stud-book recognized by the 
United States department of agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

(Signature) ., secretary stallion registration board. 

The license certificate issued for a stallion whose sire and dam are 
pure-bred, but of different breeds, shall be as follows : 



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Stallion Registration Board 
License Certificate of Cross-Bred Stallion No 

The pedigree of stallion (name) 

Owned by 

Described as follows: 

Color Breed .... 

Foaled in the year , has been examined by the stallion regis- 
tration board, and it is found that his sire is registered in , 

and his dam in Such being the case, the said stallion 

is not eligible for registration in any stud-book recognized by the 
United States department of agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

License certificate issued for a stallion Avhose sire or dam is not of 
pure breeding shall be in the following form : 

Stallion Registration Board 
License Certificate of Grade Stallion No 

The pedigree of stallion (name) 

Owned by 

Described as follows: 

Color Breed 

Foaled in the year , has been examined by the stallion registra- 
tion board, and it is found that the said stallion is not of pure breeding 
and is, therefore, not eligible for registration in any stud-book recog- 
nized bv the United States department of agriculture, Washington, 
D. C. 

License certificate issued for a stallion whose sire and dam are neither 
of them pure-bred shall be in the following form : 
Stallion Registration Board 
License Certificate for Mongrel or Scrub Stallion No 

Name of stallion 

Owned by 

Color Foaled in the year Has been 

examined by the stallion registration board and is found to be of 
mongrel breeding and is, therefore, not eligible to registry in any stud- 
book recognized by the United States department of agriculture, 
Washington, D. C. 

(Signature) , secretary stallion registration board. 

115. Fees for registration. 

Sec. 10. A fee of ten dollars ($10) shall be paid the secretary of the 
stallion registration board for the veterinary examination and enroll- 
ment of each pedigree of the stallion as above provided. A fee not 
exceeding two dollars ($2) shall be paid annually for the renewal of 
the pedigree certificate and service license. Stallions and jacks shall 
be examined every four years, until ten years of age, and after the first 
examination shall be exempt from examination at ten years of age and 
over. 

116. License transferred with animals. 

Sec. 11. Upon the transfer of ownership of any stallion or jack 
licensed under the provisions of this act, the license certificate may be 
transferred by the secretary of the board to the transferee upon the 
submittal of satisfactory proof of such transfer of ownership and upon 
the payment of one dollar ($1). 



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117. Violation, how punished. 

Sec. 12. Any person or persons knowingly or wilfully violating any 
of the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than 
fifty dollars ($50) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200), or by 
imprisonment for not less than thirty days or more than six months, or 
by fine and imprisonment for each offense. 

118. Disposal of accruing- funds. 

Sec. 13. The funds accruing from the above-named fees shall be 
used by the stallion registration board to defray the expenses of veteri- 
nary examination, of enrollment of pedigrees and issuance of licenses. 
Any funds not so used shall be used to publish reports or bulletins, con- 
taining lists of stallions examined ; to encourage the horse- and mule- 
breeding interests of this state ; to disseminate information pertaining 
to horse-breeding, and for any other such purposes as may be necessary 
to carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this act. 
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119. Annual report of board. 

Sec. 14. It shall be the duty of this board to make annual report, 
including financial statement, to the governor of the state, and all 
financial records of said board shall be subject to inspection at any time 
by the public examiner. 

120. Not to apply to certain animals. 

Sec. 15. No part of this act shall apply to stallions turned upon 
the open range, and the term "standing for public service" is hereby 
defined as the service of a stallion for a fee when said stallion is stood 
at one or more places for public use, where in all more than five mares 
are served in one season. 

121. Common carriers inhibited. 

Sec. 16. No railroad company, transportation company or common 
carrier shall transport into the State of Nevada any stallion or jack 
unless accompanied by a state or federal veterinary certificate as pro- 
vided in section 6 of this act. Violation of this provision shall be 
punished as provided in section 12 of this act. 

122. Printing. 

Sec. 17. The superintendent of state printing is hereby authorized 
and directed to furnish to the stallion registration board all blanks 
and other printing necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act. 

123. Certain animals exempt. 

Sec. 18. Stallions and jacks which have been in service in this state 
more than a year preceding the passage of this act shall not come under 
the provisions of this act until January 1, 1914. 

Note — No attempt was ever made to carry out the provisions of this act. 
owing largely to the fact that no organization was possible in view of the 
defects of Section 3. 

124. False certificate of registration of animals — False representa- 

tion as to breed. 

Sec. 481. Every person who, by color or aid of any false pretense, 
representation, token or writing, shall obtain from any club, associa- 
tion, society or company for the improvement of the breed of cattle, 
horses, sheep, svtdne, fowls or other domestic animals or birds, a certifi- 



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cate of registration of any animal or bird in a herd-book, or other regis- 
ter of any such association, society or company, or a transfer of any 
such registration, and every person who shall knowingly represent an 
animal or bird for breeding purposes to be of a greater degree of any 
particular strain of blood than such animal actually possesses, shall be 
guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 

The foregoing is Section f>74<;. Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 
Note — See also: 

An Act to provide for lien on mare and offspring for service of stallion, 
etc. Sees. 202-204. 



LAWS RELATING TO THE HERDING, GRAZING AND DRIV- 
ING OF LIVE STOCK AND THE SHEARING OF SHEEP 

Sections 125 - 183 

An Act to prohibit herding or grazing of sheep within three miles of 
any town or village. 

Approved March 2, 1901, 37 

125. Unlawful to herd within three miles of town. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to herd or cause to 
be herded or grazed, any number of sheep on any unoccupied land 
within a radius of three miles of the postoffiee of any town or village 
that has a population of fifty or more persons ; provided, that this shall 
not apply to sheep driven to railroad to be shipped or sheared. 

126. Idem — A misdemeanor — Punishment. 

Sec. 2. Any person who, for himself, or as agent or employee of any 
other person, firm, corporation, company or association, shall violate 
the provisions of section 1 of this act shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished b}' a fine in 
any sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars 
for each and every offense, or by imprisonment in the county jail for 
a period of not less than twenty-five days nor more than one hundred 
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment as the courts may order. 



An Act in relation to herding, grazing and driving of sheep. 

Approved March 20. 1907,427' 

127. Prohibited from grazing on lands of others or within one mile 
of ranch house. 

Section 1. It is not lawful for any person owning or having charge 
of sheep to herd the same, or permit them to be herded, on the land or 
possessory claims of other persons, or to herd the same or permit them 
to be grazed within one mile of a bona-fide home or bona-fide ranch 
house; provided, that nothing in this act shall prevent the owners 



from herding or grazing their sheep on their own lands ; and provided 
further, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent 
sheep being driven along any public highway. 

128. Penalty for violation— Damages. 

Sec. 2. The owner, or agent of such owner, of sheep violating the 
provisions of section 1 of this act, on complaint of the party or parties 
injured, before any justice of the peace for the precinct where either of 
the interested parties may reside, is liable to the party injured for -all 
damages sustained, and if the trespass be repeated is liable to the 
party or parties injured for the second and every subsequent offense 
in double the amount of damages sustained. 

129. Sheep, when deemed estrays. 

Sec. 3. When the owner or agents of such owner of sheep found 
trespassing upon the land or possessory claims of another, is unknown 
to the party or parties injured by such trespass, all sheep so trespassing 
may be treated as estravs. 



An Act entitled "An act to make it unlawful for the owner or owners 
of swine, goat, or goats to allow them to run at large during a cer- 
tain period of each year, from and after the approval of this act." 

Approved February 19, 1S79, 42 

130. Goats and swine prohibited to run at large during certain 

season. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful, from and after the passage of this 
act, for any person or persons, who are the owner or owners, or who 
may have charge of any swine, goat or goats, within this state, to allow 
them to run at large and be free commoners, from and after the first 
day of March to the tenth day of November of each and every year. 
But the intervening period between the tenth day of November to the 
first day of March of each year, such swine, goat or goats, may be 
free commoners. 

131. Owners subject to damages — Amount of damages. 

Sec. 2. Any swine, goat or goats, belonging to any person or per- 
sons, that shall break into any yard, flower or vegetable garden, or 
any inclosure whatever, or shall root up or destroy any pasture, field, 
or growing grass for hay purposes, or any kind of growing crop what- 
ever, whether the same be inclosed or not during the period that such 
swine, goat or goats are prohibited to run at large and be free common- 
ers, by section 1 of this act, such owner or owners shall be subject to 
such damages as shall be equal to twice the value of the property 
broken into, eaten up or destroyed. 

132. Actions, where tried. 

Sec. 3. All actions for damages arising under the provisions of this 
act shall be tried and determined in the court having jurisdiction 
thereof, as in other causes made and provided. 

Note — A later Act prohibits swine being free commoners at any time of the 
year. See next section. 



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An Act to prohibit swine from running at large and being free 
commoners. 

Approved March 2, 1885. 50 

133. Swine not to be free commoners. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, who are 
the owner or owners, or who may have charge of any swine within this 
state, to allow them to run at large and be free commoners. 

134. Owners of swine responsible for twice the value of property- 

destroyed. 
Sec. 2. Any swine belonging to any person or persons, or under the 
charge of any person or persons, that shall break into any yard, flower 
or vegetable garden, or in any inclosure whatever, or shall root up or 
destroy any pasture, field or growing grass for hay purposes, or any 
kind of growing crop whatever, whether the same be inclosed or not. 
such person or persons, owner or owners, shall be subject to such dam- 
ages as shall be equal to twice the value of the property broken into, 
eaten up or destroyed. 

135. Actions tried, where. 

Sec. 3. All actions for damages arising under the provisions of this 
act shall be tried and determined in the court having jurisdiction 
thereof, as in other cases made and provided. 



An Act relating to trespass of swine, sheep, and goats. 
Approved March 5, 18S5, 67 

136. Unlawful for swine, goats or sheep to run at large in city or 

town limits. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any swine, sheep, goat or goats, 
to run at large, or the owner or owners, or any person or persons, 
having in charge any swine, sheep, goat or goats, to permit or allow 
them to run at large within the ordinary limits of any city or town of 
this state, during any period of the year. Said ordinary limits shall 
be defined as follows: Within an incorporated city or town the limits 
shall be as defined in said incorporated clause or clauses; and within a 
town or city not incorporated in this state, the said ordinary limits 
shall be defined as follows: Within such city or town, which contains 
one "hundred or more inhabitants, the said limits shall be defined as 
being within a radius of one mile, radiating from the postoffice of said 
city or town. 

137. Idem. 

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of any sheriff or constable, and the 
privilege of any citizen, of or in any town described in section 1 of 
this act, to impound any swine, sheep, goat, or goats. As amended, 
Stats. 1901, 46. 

138. Owners may be fined. 

Sec. 3. The owner or owners, agent or agents, having jurisdiction 
over, or charge of. any swine, sheep, goat or goats, shall be fined five 
dollars for each and every violation of this act. and as much more as in 



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the wisdom of the court having jurisdiction may deem a sufficient 
amount to cover all damages. 

139. Manner in which impounded animals may be sold — Escheats. 

Sec. 4. Any constable, person or persons having in his charge, after 
they have been impounded, any swine, sheep, goat or goats, shall post 
a notice that such animal or animals are in his charge, and if not taken 
out by the owner will be sold. After the expiration of ten days the 
person having such animal or animals, and having given notice as 
aforesaid, shall post three written or printed notices in conspicuous 
places in the town or city where such animal or animals have been 
taken up, describing the same, giving all marks or brands, if any, and 
that such animal or animals will be sold by him to pay the charges that 
have and will have accrued against it, and costs. He shall sell to the 
highest bidder, and upon payment of the purchase money shall turn 
over to the buyer the animal or animals sold, and after deducting the 
damages and costs of sale, shall pay the balance, if any remains, into 
the county treasury, where it shall remain subject to the laws govern- 
ing escheats. 



An Act to prevent the trespassing of animals upon private property. 
Approved December 12, 1862, 13 

140. Liability of owner of stock for trespass. 

Section 1. If any horse, mule, jack, jenny, hog, sheep, goat, or any 
head of neat cattle, shall break into any grounds inclosed by a lawful 
fence, the owner or manager of such animal shall be liable to the 
owner of such inclosed premises for all damages sustained by such 
trespass ; and if the trespass be repeated by neglect of the owner or 
manager of said animals, he shall for the second and every subsequent 
offense or trespass be subject to double the damages of such trespass 
to the owner of said premises. 

141. Animals not to be injured — Treated as estrays — Jurisdiction. 

Sec. 2. If any owner or occupier of any grounds or crops trespassed 
upon, provided said ground be enclosed within a fence, by animals 
entering upon or breaking into his or their grounds, whether , enclosed 
by a lawful fence or not, shall kill, maim, or material^ injure the ani- 
mal or animals so trespassing, he, she, or they shall be liable to the 
owner of such stock for all damages, and for the costs accruing from 
a suit for such damages, when necessarily resorted to for their recov- 
ery; provided, the owner or occupier of such grounds or crops so 
damaged and trespassed upon, may take up and safely keep, at the 
expense of the owner or owners thereof, after due notice to said owners, 
if known, such animals, or so many of them as may be necessary to 
cover the damages he may have sustained, for ten days, and if not 
applied for by the proper owner or owners before the expiration of ten 
days, the same may be posted under the estray laws of the state, and 
before restitution shall be had by the owner or owners of such animals, 
all damages done by them, as well also as the expense of posting and 
keeping them, shall be paid. Any justice of the peace in the township 
or precinct shall have jurisdiction of all such reclamation of animals, 

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together with the damages, expense of keeping; and posting the same, 

when the amount claimed does not exceed one hundred dollars. 

142. Land of two or more under one inclosure — Damages by one to 

other. 

Sec. 3. When two or more persons shall cultivate lands under one 
inclosure, neither of them shall place or cause to be placed any animal 
on his, her or their ground, to the injury or damage of the other or 
others, but shall be liable for all damages thus sustained by the other 
or others ; and if repeated, after due notice is given, and for every 
subsequent repetition, double damages, to be recovered in any court 
having jurisdiction. 

An Act to prevent trespass upon real estate by lire stock, fixing dam- 
ages therefor, and other matters relating thereto, and to repeal an 
act entitled "An act to prevent trespass upon real estate by livi 
stock, and other matters relating thereto," approved March l~>, 

1889 - Approved February 18, 1893,30 

143. Consent of owner of range to be obtained. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to herd 
or graze any live stock upon the lands of another without having first 
obtained the consent of the owner or owners of the land so to do ; 
provided, that the person claiming to be the owner of said land has the 
legal title thereto, or an application to purchase the same, with first 
payment made thereon. 

144. Damages, how recovered — Stock may be attached — Lien 

superior. 

Sec. 2. The live stock which is herded or grazed upon the lands of 
another, contrary to the provisions of the first section of this act, shall 
be liable for all damages done by said live stock while being unlawfully 
herded or grazed on the lands of another, as aforesaid, together with 
costs of suit and reasonable counsel fees, to be fixed by the court trying 
an action therefor, and said live stock may be seized and held by writ 
of attachment issued in the same manner provided by the general laws 
of the State of Nevada, as security for the payment of any judgment 
which may be recovered by the owner or owners of said lands for dam- 
ages incurred by reason of a violation of any of the provisions of this 
act, and the claim and lien of a judgment or attachment in such an 
action shall be superior to any claim or demand which arose subsequent 
to the commencement of said action. 

145. Act not applicable to certain stock. 

Sec. 3. This act shall not apply to any live stock running at large 
on the ranges or commons. 

An Act relating to trespasses of live slock upon cultivated land, and 
specifying what shall constitute a legal fence for the purposes of 

thls acL Approved March :.'4. 1917, 415 

146. No trespass on land not fenced. 

Section 1. No person, firm or corporation shall be entitled to collect 
ilamages. and no court in this state shall award damages, for any tres- 



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pass of live stock on cultivated land in this state if such land, at the 
time of such trespass, shall not have been enclosed by a legal fence as 
hereinafter defined. 

147. Legal fence defined. 

Sec. 2. A legal fence is hereby defined for the purposes of this act 
as a fence with not less than three horizontal barriers, consisting of 
wires, boards, poles or other fence material in common use in the 
neighborhood, with posts set not more than twenty feet apart. The 
1 lower barrier shall be not more than sixteen inches from the ground 
and the space between any two barriers shall be not more than sixteen 
inches and the height of top barrier must be at least forty-eight inches 
above the ground. Every post shall be so set as to withstand a hori- 
zontal strain of two hundred and fifty pounds at a point four feet from 
the ground, and each barrier shall be capable of withstanding a hori- 
zontal strain of two hundred and fifty pounds at any point midway 
between the posts. 

An Act entitled an act to regulate the herding, grazing and 
driving of live stock. 

Approved March 14, 1917, 124 

148. Not to be herded near springs or home of another. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person owning, or having 
charge of any live stock, to drive or herd or permit the same to be 
herded or driven, on the lands or possessory claims of other persons, 
or at any spring or springs, well or wells, belonging to another, to the 
damage thereof, or to herd the same or to permit them to be herded 
within one mile of a bona-fide home or a bona-fide ranch house ; pro- 
vided, that nothing in this act shall prevent the owners from ^herding 
or grazing their live stock on their own lands ; and further provided, 
that nothing in this act shall be construed as to prevent live stock 
•being driven along any public highway. 

149. Violator liable for damages. 

Sec. 2. The owner or agent of such owner of live stock violating the 
provisions of section 1 of this act, on complaint of the party injured, 
in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be liable to the person 
injured for actual, and exemplary damages. 

An Act making it a misdemeanor to herd, graze, pasture, keep, main- 
tain, or drive live stock upon, over, or across certain lands. 

Approved March 22, 1915, 278 

150. Trespass on water supply source prohibited. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, cor- 
poration, or association, owning or having charge of any live stock, to 
herd, graze, pasture, keep, maintain, or drive the same upon, over, or 
across any lands lying within one mile of any surface intake, intakes, 
water -boxes, or surface reservoirs, used for gathering, storing, and 
conducting water, when said lands are situated within the watershed 
of any stream, streams, springs, ponds, lakes, or reservoirs, waters 
from which, when so gathered and stored, are used for municipal, 



drinking, or domestic purposes by the residents and inhabitants of 
any city or town in the State of Nevada having a population of fifteen 
hundred or more people. 

151. Not to apply to prospectors. 

Sec. 2. Section 1 of this act shall not be construed to appl} r to pros- 
pectors or other persons passing over or being temporarily upon said 
lands with not to exceed ten head of live stock. Neither shall said sec- 
tion apply to live stock running at large upon the ranges. 

152. Each trespass separate offense. 

Sec. 3. That each and every day the said acts so declared to be 
unlawful in section 1 hereof are committed, done, and continued shall 
constitute and be separate, distinct, and new offenses, and any person 
violating any of the provisions of said section shall be guilty of a mis- 
demeanor, and upon conviction shall, for each and every offense, be 
punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than 
five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not more than 
six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 

An Act to prohibit certain live stock from running at large upon the 
streets, highways or commons of the cities and towns of the State 
of Nevada. Approved February 11, 1893, 19 

153. Animals not to run at large in town — Limits denned. 
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for the owner or owners, or any 

person or persons having in charge any cow, calf, bull, steer, heifer, 
horse, gelding, mare, colt, jack, jenny, mule or any nea.t-foot animal, 
or any number of such animals, to permit or allow them to run at Large 
within the ordinary limits of any city or town of this state between 
the hours of six o'clock p. m. and seven o'clock a, m. of each day, dur- 
ing any period of the year. Said ordinary limits shall be defined as 
follows: Within an incorporated city or town, the limits shall be as 
defined in said incorporated clause or clauses ; and within a town or" 
city not incorporated in this state, the said ordinary limits shall be 
defined as follows : Within such city or town with fifty or more inhabi- 
tants, the said limits shall be defined as being within a radius of half 
mile, radiating from the postoffice of said city or town. 

154. Duties of sheriffs and constables. 

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the sheriff, deputy and deputies, run- 
stable and policemen of or in any town described in section 1 of this 
act, to impound any or all animals mentioned herein. 

155. Fine for violation. 

Sec. 3. The owner or owners, agent or agents, or person or persons 
having charge of such animal or animals, shall be fined five dollars for 
each and every violation of this act, and as much more, as in the discre- 
tion of the court having jurisdiction thereof, may deem a sufficient 
amount to cover all damages. 

156. When animals may be impounded and sold — Disposition of 

proceeds. 

Sec. 4. Any officer, officers, person or persons named in section 2 
of this act, having in his charge, after they have been impounded, any 



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of the animals mentioned in this act, shall post a notice that such 
animal or animals are in his charge, and if not taken out by the owner 
or owners, agent or agents, person or persons in charge, by paying all 
costs, charges and damages, will be sold. After the expiration of ten 
days the officer or officers, person or persons having such animal or 
animals, and having given notice as aforesaid, shall post three written 
or printed notices in conspicuous places in the town or city where such 
animal or animals have been taken up, describing the same, giving all 
marks or brands, if any, and that such animal or animals will be sold 
by him to pay the charges that have and will have accrued against 
the property, and the costs. He shall sell to the highest bidder, and 
upon payment of the purchase money shall turn over to the buyer the 
animal or animals sold, and after deducting the costs of impounding 
and all accrued costs, including the costs of feeding, keeping and sell- 
ing, shall pay the balance, if any remains, into the county treasury, 
where it shall remain subject to the laws governing escheats. 

157. Duty of officers. 

Sec. 5. It is hereby made the duty of the several officers in this act 
named, to enforce its provisions, and a failure to do so shall be deemed 
a misdemeanor, and any officer found guilty thereof shall be fined in 
a sum not exceeding twenty dollars. 



An Act to make unlawful the running at large of live stock upon the 
enclosed public roads or highways of certain counties, or the stray- 
ing, feeding or picketing of live stock thereon;- to provide for the 
disposal of such animals and for the punishment of violations of 
this act. Approved March 26, 1913, 406 

158. Applies to certain county only. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for the owner, or any person having 
charge or control of any live stock of any kind, to permit or allow them 
to run at large, upon those public roads or highways of any county 
which at the last general election cast four hundred twenty-six (426) 
votes for representative in Congress, or which at any general election 
hereafter, shall cast four hundred twenty-six (426) votes for represen- 
tative in Congress or to allow the straying, feeding or picketing of live 
stock thereon; provided, that such public roads or highways are. 
enclosed on one or both sides by a fence of any kind or description. 

159. Duties of peace officers. 

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the sheriff or his deputies, or of any 
constable or police officer within his bailiwick, either upon his own 
initiative or upon the complaint of a private person, filed in a court 
of competent jurisdiction charging a misdemeanor as in this act pro- 
vided, to seize and impound any and all animals running at large or 
straying, or feeding or being picketed, as in section 1 described, upon 
the above-described public roads or highways of said counties, and to 
immediately arrest the person charged with violating the provisions 
of this act. 

160. Notice of impounding to be posted. 

Sec. 3. The impounding officer shall forthwith post notice in three 
public places in the county to the effect that he has impounded the 



animals, describing- them, and that if they are not redeemed, by the 
payment of the cost of feeding and keeping, and a five-dollar fee for 
each of said animals within ten days, by some one with authority so 
to do, they will be sold at the end of that time to the highest bidder. If 
no redemption is made, at the time specified, the officer shall sell the 
animals to the highest bidder, and after deducting the costs of feeding 
and keeping, and a fe.e of five dollars for his services* for each animal, 
shall pay the balance to the owner or owners of the animals. 

161. Penalties for violation. 

Sec. 4. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than ten 
dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in 
the county jail for not less than five days nor more than fifty days, or by 
both such fine and imprisonment. 



An Act to authorize any board of county commissioners to pass ordi- 
nances relating to certain animals running at large, making fix 
violation thereof a ynisdemeanor, and fixing the punishment. % 

Approved March 2C. 1915, 394 

162. Preventing running at large. 

Section 1. It shall be the duty of the board of county commission- 
ers of any county in this state, when petitioned by 25 per cent of the 
taxpayers of any town or voting precinct not maintaining a separate 
and independent local government, to pass an ordinance to prevent the 
running at large of any horse, mule, ass, kine, hog. sheep, or goat in 
said town or precinct; and providing in said ordinance for the 
impounding of the said animals as estrays and the payment of certain 
fees and costs before the release of such animals. 

163. Ordinance shall be published. 

Sec. 2. When said ordinance is properly drawn and signed by the 
chairman of the board of county commissioners it shall be published in 
some newspaper of general circulation published in said town or pre- 
cinct, and if there be none, then in some newspaper published in the 
county for a period of at least ten days before going into effect. The 
cost of publication to be paid by the county out of the general fund of 
the county the same as other bills. 

164. Penalty. 

Sec. 3. A violation of any such ordinance shall be a misdemeanor, 
and punished by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $100. or 
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ten days, or by 
both such fine and imprisonment. 



An Act authorizing and empowering boards of county commissioners 
to pass ordinances to prohibit horses, cattle, swine, goats or sheep 
from running at large upon any portion of roads and highways of 
the State of Nevada, which are fenced on one side or both sides 
within certain districts. 

Approved March 28, 1919, 290 

165. May be prohibited from running at large. 

Section 1. The boards of county commissioners of the respective 
counties of the state are hereby authorized, upon petition of twenty 
(20) per cent of the taxpayers residing in any district therein defined 
to pass ordinances prohibiting* horses, cattle, swine, goats or sheep 
from running at large upon any portion of the roads and highways 
within said district which are fenced on both sides. 

166. Petition to county commissioners. 

Sec. 2. Such petition may be presented at any regular or special 
meeting of any board of county commissioners of this state, and shall 
define the boundaries of the district sought to be established, and shall 
pray that such district may be established, and that an ordinance may 
be passed by said board of county commissioners prohibiting any of 
the live stock mentioned in ' section one of this act from running at 
large therein. 

167. Stock may be impounded. 

Sec. 3. The said boards of county commissionres are hereby author- 
ized and empowered to provide in such ordinance for the impounding 
and sale of any such live stock running at large within such district, 
and making a violation of any of the provisions of said ordinance a 
misdemeanor and punishable as such. 



An Act concerning unlawful stock. 
Approved April 10, 1862, 9 

168. Stallions at large unlawful. 

Section 1. From and after the passage of this act, it shall be unlaw- 
ful for stallions of the age of two years and upwards, to run at large 
among the settlements of this state. 

169. Idem — Duty of persons taking up. 

Sec. 2. If the owner or owners, or the agent of any owner or owners, 
shall permit any animal as aforesaid, contrary to the provisions of the 
first section of this act, to run at large in the settled portions of this 
state, it shall be lawful for any person to take up and confine the same, 
giving information to the owner or owners, or agent as aforesaid, of 
such seizure, if the party or parties shall be known ; or, 'if they shall 
not be known, then posting notices, conveying such information, in 
three of the most public places in the township or district in which 
the animal is taken up. If, at the expiration of ten days from the date 
of such information given, or of such notice posted, the owner, owners, 
or agent, as aforesaid, of such animal, shall not appear and legally 
reclaim it, by paying all the expenses that may have been incurred in 
the taking up, confining and keeping of the animal, then it shall be 



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lawful for the taker up to have it emasculated at the risk and addi- 
tional expense of the owner or owners. 

170. May be sold — Proceeds, how disposed of. 

Sec. 3. If, at the expiration of thirty days thereafter, no such 
owner, owners, nor agent shall appear and legally reclaim such animal 
as aforesaid, then it shall be the duty of the person having possession 
of it to deliver the same to the constable of the township in which the 
animal has been found and confined, whose duty it shall be, after three 
days' notice of the intent, to make sale of the same to the highest cash 
bidder, and after paying all the necessary expenses incurred in the 
premises, then to pay the residue of the proceeds of such sale into the 
treasury of the county in which such sale shall have taken place, for 
the benefit of the common school fund ; provided, however, that if the 
owner or owners of such property shall make claim to it at any time 
before such sale can legally be made, nothing in this act shall be 
construed to exempt such owner or owners from payment of all 
expenses incurred. 

171. Original horses not allowed to run at large — Constable may sell. 
Sec. 4. No original horse shall be allowed to run at large in any of 

the settled portions of this state, and any owner or owners of such 
horse who shall permit it to run at large for the space of five days 
shall be liable to a forfeiture of the same. Any person shall be author- 
ized to take up the same; and it is hereby made the duty of such 
person to deliver the animal, immediate^, to the constable of the 
township in which it may be taken up, whd, after twenty days' notice, 
by written or published notification of the intent, posted in two con- 
spicuous places in such township, shall proceed to sell the same to the 
highest cash bidder; and, after all expenses incurred in the premises 
shall have been defrayed, the residue of the proceeds of such sale, if 
there be any, shall be paid into the treasury of the county in which 
such sale shall have taken place, to be appropriated to the common 
school fund. 

172. Hogs or goats trespassing. 

Sec. 5. Any hog or hogs, goat or goats, found trespassing upon the 
premises of any person or persons in this state, may be taken up by 
the owner or owners of such premises, and safely kept at the expense 
of the owner or owners of the hog or hogs, goat or goats, so found 
trespassing. As amended, Slats. 1875, 146. 

173. Idem — Notices to be posted. 

Sec. 6. All persons taking up hogs trespassing upon their lands, 
whether inclosed or not, shall, immediately thereafter, post notices in 
three conspicuous places in the precincts in which such persons reside, 
containing a description of the ear or other marks of such hogs, 
whereby the owners may identify them as their property. 

174. Idem — Restitution of property. 

Sec. 7. If the owners of such hogs come forward within ten days of 
the time when such notices were posted, and prove them to be their 
property, the person or persons taking them up shall deliver them to 
such owner or owners, upon their paying all the costs, charges, and 
damages sustained by reason of their trespassing. 



175. Idem— Forfeiture of property— Sale by constable. 

Sec. 8. If. however, the owner or owners shall not claim the same 
within ten days, then the person taking up such hogs shall immediately 
notify a constable of the precinct wherein the trespass has been com- 
mitted, and the constable shall proceed to sell, at public auction, after 
giving five days ' notice of such sale, by posting notices in three public 
places in said' precinct, all such hogs so taken up ; provided, that the 
owners may prove their property and receive the same, by paying all 
costs and damages, at any time before such sale can take place. 

176. Idem — Arbitration of charges. 

Sec. 9. If the parties cannot agree as to the amount of charges and 
damages, then each party may choose one disinterested person, and 
they may choose a third person, who shall determine the amount 
thereof ; and should the owners not come forward, then the constable 
shall select three disinterested persons to determine the amount. 

177. Idem — Fees of constable. 

Sec. 10. The fees of the constable, under the provisions of this act, 
shall be the same as allowed by law for all similar services. 

178. Surplus money paid to whom. 

Sec. 11. If there shall be any surplus money arising from the pro- 
ceeds of such sales, after paying all costs, charges and damages, the 
constable shall pay the same to the owner or owners of such hogs sold ; 
provided, that they prove they are entitled to it within fifteen days 
after the sale, otherwise he shall pay it into the treasury of the county 
in which such sale shall have been made, taking the receipt of the 
treasurer for the same, for the benefit of the common school fund. 

179. Liability of constable — Misdemeanor. 

Sec. ±2. Any constable refusing or neglecting to pay to the county 
treasurer, or to the owner or owners, the surplus derived from any sale 
made under the provisions of this act, shall be liable for the same on 
his official bond, and shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, 
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one 
hundred dollars. 

180. Allowing vicious animal at large. 

Sec. 326. Every person having the care or custody of any animal 
known to possess any vicious or dangerous tendencies, who shall allow 
the same to escape or run at large in any place or manner liable to 
endanger the safety of any person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor ; 
and any person may lawfully kill such animal when reasonably neces- 
sary to protect his own or the public safety. 

The foregoing is Section 6591, Revised. Laws of Nevada 1912. 

181. Shearing sheep within cities and towns prohibited. 

Sec. 283. It shall be unlawful for any sheep to be penned, housed 
or fed for the purpose of being sheared, or to be sheared, within the 
ordinary limits of any city or town of this state during any period of 
the year. This shall not apply to any place not within one-half mile 
of a residence. Any person, corporation, or agent, being owner of or 
having control or charge of any sheep, who shall wilfully violate any of 
the provisions of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 



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upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one 
hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding fifty days, or both. 

The foregoing is Section 6548, Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 

182. Stock not to be driven from range. 

Sec. 377. No person shall be permitted to lead, drive, or in any 
manner remove, any horse, mare, colt, jack, jenny, mule, or any head 
of neat cattle, or hog, sheep, goat, or any number of these animals, the 
same being the property of another person, from the range on which 
they are permitted to run in common, without the consent of the owner 
thereof first had and obtained ; provided, the owner of any such ani- 
mals, as aforesaid, finding the same running on the herd grounds 
or commons, with other animals of the same kind, may be permitted 
to drive his own animal or animals, together with such other animals 
as he cannot conveniently separate from his own, to the nearest and 
most convenient corral, or other place for separating his own from 
other animals, if he, in such case, immediately, with all convenient 
speed, drive all such animals, not belonging to himself, back to the herd 
ground from which he brought such animals. Any person violating 
the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on 
conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than twenty 
nor exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six 
months nor less than thirty days, or both. 

The foregoing is Section 6642, Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 



Aw Act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the bitter 
preservation of public roads and highways," approved March .1, 
1885, by adding a new section thereto to be known as section la. 

Approved March 22. 1913,238 

183. Owner to repair public road injured by driving stock. 

Section 1. The above-entitled act is hereby amended by adding 
thereto a new section to be known as section la, which shall provide as 
follows : 

Section la. Any person, party or corporation driving sheep, goats, 
swdne, horses or cattle along or across any public road or highway, or 
along or across any street or alley in any unincorporated town in this 
state for any purpose whatever, who by so doing damages or impairs 
said public road or highway or street or alley, as the case may be, shall 
be and he is hereby required, at his own expense, to make any and all 
repairs necessary to put said road, highway, street or alley in as good 
condition as it was before said damage was done. 
Note — See also : 

An Act concerning estray animals. Sees. 210-222. 

Laws relating to the unlawful use of domesticated animals. Sees. 231, 232. 
An Act for the prevention of cruelty to animals, etc. Sees. 233-249. 
Laws relating to railroads in connection with live stock. Sees. 305-816. 
Laws relating to the use and recording of marks and brands of live stock 

Sees. 184-21.1. 
Laws relating to the qualifications of breeding stock. Sees. 101-124. 






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LAWS RELATING TO THE USE AND RECORDING OF 

MARKS AND BRANDS OF LIVE STOCK AND 

HIDE INSPECTION 

Sections 184 - 215 



An Act to regulate marks and brands of stock. 
Approved February 27, 1S73, 99 , 

184. Stock at large must have particular brand. 

Section 1. Owners of horses, mules, cattle, sheep, goats, or hogs, 
running at large, must have a mark or brand, and counterbrand, dif- 
ferent from any one in use b}^ any other person, so far as may be 
known. 

185. Brand to be recorded — Fees for. 

Sec. 2. Every such owner shall record, with the recorder of his 
county, his mark, brand, and counterbrand, by delivering to said 
recorder his mark, cut upon a piece of leather, and his brand and 
counterbrand burnt upon it, and the same shall be kept in the 
recorder's office; a certified copy thereof made by the recorder, with 
the seal of his office attached thereto, shall be deemed evidence on the 
trial of any action in a court of competent jurisdiction, .as to the owner- 
ship of all animals legally marked or branded as hereinafter provided. 
The recorder shall enter in a book, to be kept by him for that purpose, 
a copy of said marks, brands, and counterbrands, provided that such 
recorder shall be satisfied that such brand and counterbrand tendered 
to him for record is unlike any other mark, brand, or counterbrand in 
the county, or, as far as his knowledge extends, is different from any 
other in the state. For recording the mark, brand, and counterbrand, 
and transmitting the same as hereinafter provided, the recorder shall 
be entitled to demand and receive two dollars. 

186. Transcript of marks and brands. 

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of every recorder in this state to trans- 
mit to the recorders of the adjoining counties, a transcript of all the 
marks, brands, and counterbrands recorded in his office, which shall be 
filed by any such recorders in their offices, and reference thereto shall 
be made in every case of application for the record of marks and 
brands under this act. 

187. Neglect of recorder — Penalty. 

Sec. 4. Any recorder knowingly and wilfully neglecting or refusing 
to comply with the provisions of this act, shall forfeit and pay for 
every such neglect or refusal, any sum not less than twenty-five nor 
more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered before any justice of 
the peace of said county where such neglect or refusal may occur, by 
any person suing therefor, together with all costs and damages that 
may occur b.y such neglect or refusal. 



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188. Stock, when to be branded — Evidence. 

Sec. 5. Every person shall brand his horses and mules, and mark 
and brand his cattle before they are twelve months old, and mark his 
sheep, goats, and hogs before they are six months old. On the trial of 
an action as provided in section 2 -of this act, to recover possession of 
any animal which is marked or branded as provided in this act, the 
mark and brand shall be primary evidence that the animal belongs to 
the owner or owners of the mark or brand, and that he, she, or they 
were entitled to the posession of the said animal at the time of the 
commencement of the action. 

189. But one mark and brand to be used. 

Sec. 6. No person shall use more than one mark, brand, or counter- 
brand ; provided, however, this shall not extend to those persons who 
are the owners of more than one ranch or farm. 

190. Penalty for using unrecorded brand. 

Sec. 7. If any person shall use any mark, brand, or coimterbrand. 
other than the one recorded by him, except by the consent of the owner 
of such other mark, brand, or counterbrand, he shall be liable to forfeit 
and lose to any person suing therefor, the stock so marked or branded 
with any other than his proper mark or brand recorded by him. 

191. Not more than half ear removed — Penalty. 

Sec. 8. No person, company, corporation, or association shall be 
allowed to use a mark made by cutting off more than half of the ear, 
measuring from the tip or extreme outer limit of the ear towards the 
animal's head, or by cutting the ear on both sides to a point. All 
companies, corporations, associations or individuals who may now be 
using such marks are hereby required to change the same immediately 
after the passage of this act. Any person who shall, either for him- 
self, or as agent for any company, corporation or association, violate 
any of the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of 
not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, 
or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six 
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. As amended, Stats. 
1901, 18. 

192. Mark and brand unlawful if not recorded — Sales — Counter- 

brand. 

Sec. 9. No mark, brand, or counterbrand shall be considered as law- 
ful if not recorded as specified in this act ; and all persons selling or 
disposing of any cattle which are not intended for slaughter, or any 
horses, mares, mules, jacks, or jennies, shall be required to counter- 
brand them on the shoulder, or give a written descriptive bill of sale ; 
and any person failing to so counterbrand said animals, or give such 
written bill of sale, shall lose all benefits of this act, and all rights to 
use said brand as evidence in any court under this act. 

The provisions of this section have no application to the use of such mark 
or brand in the identification of cattle as evidence in a criminal prose- 
cution for larceny. State v. Cardelli, 19 Nev. 320, 328 (10 Pac. 433). 

193. Mismarking or misbranding to defraud, a misdemeanor. 

Sec. 10. Any person, who with intent to defraud, shall wilfully 
mismark or misbrand any stock not his own, on conviction thereof shall 



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be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by imprison- 
ment in the county jail for the period of not less than ten days nor 
more than one hundred days, or a fine of not less than twenty •'dollars 
nor more than two hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprison- 
ment, as the court may impose. As amended, Stats. 1887, 88. 



An Act regulating the use of marks and brands of stock, and the record- 
ing thereof, and providing penalties for the violation thereof and 
repealing all acts in conflict therewith. 

Approved March 20, 1909, 128 

194. Similar brand prohibited. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, 
association, copartnership or corporation to have a brand and mark 
stock therewith, which brand is similar in form and design to, or a 
modification of, any brand or mark recorded prior thereto, in accor- 
dance with the laws now in effect regulating the recording of marks and 
brands of stock. As amended, Stats. 1919,391. 

195. Unlawful to mark with similar brand. 

Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, associa- 
tion, copartnership or corporation to mark and brand stock with a 
brand similar in form and design to, or a modification of, any prior 
recorded brand. As amended, Stats. 1919, 392. 

196. Idem — Changes recorded without charge. 

Sec. 3. All such changes in the locations of brands or marks made 
necessary by the provisions of this act, shall be made by the respective 
county recorders without charge. The respective county recorders may 
and shall, upon the application of the owner or owners of the similarly 
designed or formed or modified brand, amend the original record of 
said brand so as to cause it to conform to the provisions of this act. 

197. Restrictions as to recording. 

Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any county recorder to record any 
mark or brand which shall be similar in form and design to any prior 
recorded brand, or any modification thereof, if said brand or mark is 
to be placed upon the same place on the animal branded or marked 
therewith as the prior recorded brand, to which it is similar in form 
and design, or a modification thereof. 

198. Penalties. 

Sec. 5. Any person or persons, or the agents or agents of any firm, 
association, copartnership or corporation violating the provisions of 
sections 1 and 2 of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon 
conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the state 
prison for not more than five years, or by a fine of not less than one 
hundred dollars nor more than three thousand dollars, or by both such 
fine and imprisonment. 

199. Penalty on county recorder. 

Sec. 6. Any county recorder violating the provisions of section 4 
of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 
viction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twentv dol- 
lars nor more than one hundred dollars. 



An Act relating to and requiring the rereeordiug of brands upon 
live stock. 

Approved March 25, 1915, 373 

200. Marks and brands to be rerecorded. 

Section 1. Every person, company, or corporation having horses, 
cattle, or other live stock and owning a brand or mark, or brands or 
marks, for the same, shall record such brand or brands, or mark or 
marks, with the county recorder on or before the first day of January, 
1916, and again within sixty days prior to the first day of January, 
1921, and repeatedly within sixty days prior to the first day of Janu- 
ary at the end of each five-year period thereafter, such record to be 
made in the manner provided by existing laws for the recording of 
mark or brands. 

201. Brands deemed abandoned, when. 

Sec. 2. On and after the first day of January, 1916, no person, 
company, or corporation shall claim or own any brand or mark which 
has not been rerecorded in accordance with the provisions of this act, 
and any failure to rerecord a brand or mark as required by the pro- 
visions of this act shall be deemed an abandonment of the same, and 
any person, company, or corporation shall be at liberty to adopt and 
use any brand or mark so abandoned ; provided, that no person, com- 
pany, or corporation shall be at liberty to claim or use any such aban- 
doned brand or mark until after he has caused the same to be recorded 
in his own name, under the provisions of this act; and provided fur- 
ther, that before such brand or mark may be claimed or used by such 
person, company, or corporation, the notice specified in the following 
section shall have been given. 

202. Recorder to give notice of right. 

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the county recorder to notify the 
owner of any recorded mark or brand, at least sixty days prior to the 
expiration of any time in this act provided for the rereeordiug of any 
mark or brand, of his right to rerecord the same. Such notice shall be 
given in writing, and shall be addressed to such owner at the postoffice 
address named upon the books of said county recorder, and such notice 
shall be complete at the expiration of sixty days from the date of its 
mailing by said county recorder. 

203. Notice to be published. 

Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the county recorder to publish in one 
newspaper in the county at least once a week for six consecutive weeks, 
and for seven consecutive weekly insertions, within sixty days prior to 
the expiration of any time in this act providing for the rerecording of 
any mark or brand, a notice of the expiration of the time fixed by this 
act for the rerecording of marks and brands and of the right of all 
persons owning any mark or brand to rerecord the same, which notice 
shall not exceed two hundred words. 

204. Present law to govern. 

Sec. 5. All rerecording of old brands or marks, and all recording of 

new brands or marks, shall be done and made in all respects in accor- 



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dance with the provisions of existing laws for the recording of marks 
and brands. 

205. Fees. 

Sec. 6. For rerecording of any old brand or mark, the fee shall be 
the sum of fifty cents ; for recording a new brand or mark, or any old 
brand or mark in the name of the new owner, the fee shall be as now 
allowed by law. 

206. Bill of sale of brand. 

Sec. 7. A bill of sale, duly witnessed, of any recorded mark or brand 
shall be prima facie evidence of ownership of such brand. 



An Act to provide for the appointment of inspectors of hides, defining 
their duties and mode of compensation, and repealing a certain 
act. 

Approved March 15,1015. 148 

207. Inspectors appointed, when — Inspectors to search, when. 

Section 1. It shall be the duty of any board of comdy commission- 
ers of any county of this state, upon the application in writing of three 
or more property owners in any township of any county of the state, 
to appoint in and for said township and for such length of time as may 
be deemed necessary, not exceeding two years, an inspector of hides, 
whose duty it shall be to examine, when requested so to do by any three 
taxpayers of said township, the hides of any or all cattle killed in said 
township, and to mark such hide inspected in such a manner as may 
be indicated by the said board of county commissioners, and shall, upon 
the request of said taxpayers aforesaid, have the right, and it shall be 
his duty, to go upon the premises of any resident of such township and 
make search for any hides concealed, or which such inspector or said 
taxpayers may have reason to believe are concealed upon said prem- 
ises, and shall report in writing, to the district attorney of the county 
in which he has been appointed, at such time as may be designated by 
the said board of county commissioners making the appointment, 
giving the number of hides inspected, the brands or other marks upon 
such hides, the names of the persons in whose possession they were 
found, and whether the persons having them in possession had killed 
the cattle from which the hides were taken, or had obtained them from 
other persons, and the names of such persons. 

208. Pay of inspectors. 

Sec. 2. The rate of compensation of such inspectors shall be fixed 
by the said board of county commissioners at the time the appoint- 
ments are made, and shall be paid by the parties on whose petitions 
they are appointed, or by the taxpayers upon whose request they act, 
as provided in section one of this act. 

209. Repeal. 

Sec. 3. An act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to 
provide for the appointment of inspectors of hides, defining their 
duties and mode of compensation,' approved March 3, 1881," approved 
March 10, 1897, is hereby repealed. 



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210. Taking or misbranding domestic animals, selling or purchasing 

hide or carcass, grand larceny. 
Sec. 375. Every person who shall feloniously steal, take and carry, 
lead, drive or entice away any horse, mare, gelding, colt, cow, hull, steer. 
calf, mule, jack, jenny, or any one or more head of cattle or horses or 
any sheep, goat, hog. shoat or pig. not his own property but belonging 
to some other person; and every person who shall mark or brand, or 
cause to be marked or branded, or shall alter or deface, or eause to be 
altered or defaced, a mark or brand upon any horse, mare, gelding, 
colt, cow, bull, steer, calf, mule, jack, jenny, or any one or more head 
of cattle or horses, or any sheep, p;oat, hog-, shoat or pig, not his own 
property but belonging to some other person, with intent thereby to 
steal the same or to prevent the identification thereof by the true owner, 
or to defraud ; and every person who, with intent to defraud, or to 
appropriate to his own use, shall wilfully kill any animal running at, 
large, not his own, whether branded, marked or not ; and every person 
who shall sell or purchase, with intent to defraud, the hide or carcass 
of any animal the brand or mark on which has been cut out or 
obliterated, shall be deemed guilty of grand larceny, and upon con- 
viction shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for any 
term not less than one year nor more than fourteen years. 

The foregoing is Section 6040, Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 

211. Hides must be preserved intact. 

Sec. 375|. It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his pos- 
session any hide of any cow, bull, steer, calf, or heifer, from which hide 
the ears have been removed or the brand cut out or removed, or the 
brand obliterated, defaced, or disfigured so that the same cannot be 
readily recognized, and any person having such hide in his possession 
shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall 
be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for any term not less 
than one year nor more than five years. Added, Stats. l!)ir>. 155. 

Note — See. 37."H declared unconstitutional. Park v. State. 42 Ncv. 386. ITS 
Pae. 389. 

212. Failure to exhibit hide or keep record of brand, misdemeanor. 

Sec. 376. It shall be unlawful for the keeper of any slaughter-house, 
or persons engaged in slaughtering cattle for sale in this state, to 
purchase any cattle for slaughter, or any slaughtered bovine animal, 
without having exhibited to him the hide of such animal, and examining 
the brand and other marks upon such hide, and making and entering 
in a book kept for that purpose a description of such brands and marks, 
together with the name of the person from whom the purchase was 
made, and the date of such purchase. Said book shall be kept at the 
slaughter-house or business office of the person engaged in slaughtering 
cattle, and shall be open to the inspection of any person or persons 
during business hours. Any person violating the provisions of this 
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof 
shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred 
dollars or imprisoned in the county jail not less than thirty days nor 
more than two hundred and fifty days, or by both such fine and 
imprisonment. It shall be the duty of every keeper of any slaughter- 
house, and engaged in the business of slaughtering any bovine animals, 



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to keep at his slaughter-house, or place of business a book of record, in 
which shall be recorded and preserved a description of the brand and 
other marks upon the hides of each slaughtered bovine animal, together 
with the name of the person from whom the animal was purchased, and 
the date of the purchase. Said book shall be opened to the inspection 
of any person or persons during business hours. Any person violating 
the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on 
conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifty dollars, nor more 
than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not less than 
thirty days nor more than two hundred and fifty days, or by both 
such fine and imprisonment. As amended, Stats. 1913, 373. 

The foregoing is Section 6641, Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 

213. Peddler of meat to exhibit hide — Exception — Penalty. 

Sec. 376|. It shall be unlawful for any person peddling the meat 
of any bovine animal, who is not the keeper of any shop or meat-market, 
to sell such meat without having in his possession ; then and there, 
and upon request exhibiting, the hide of such animal containing the 
brand and other marks thereon. Any person violating the provisions 
of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction 
thereof shall be fined in way sum not less than fifty ($50) dollars nor 
more than five hundred ($500) dollars, or imprisoned in the county 
jail not less than twenty-five days, nor more than two hundred and fifty 
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Added, Stats. 1919, 298. 

214. Imitating lawful brand. 

Sec. 480. Every person who, in any county, shall place upon any 
property, any brand or mark in the likeness or similitude of another 
brand or mark filed with the county recorder of such county by the 
owner thereof as a brand or mark for the designation or identification 
of a like kind of property, shall — 

1. If done with intent to confuse or commingle such property with, 
or to appropriate to his own use, the property of such other owner, be 
guilty of a felony, and be punished by imprisonment in the state 
prison for not more than five years, or by imprisonment in the county 
jail for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than one thou- 
sand dollars, or both fine and imprisonment ; or, 

2. If done without such intent, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
This section shall not apply to any act for which a penalty is else- 
where provided in this act. 

The foregoing is Section 6745, Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 

215. Brand of cattle prima facie evidence of ownership. 

Sec. 322. Upon the trial of any public offense which concerns any 
neat cattle, horse, mule, or other animal running at large upon any 
range in this state, the brand and other marks upon such animal shall 
be prima facie evidence of ownership. 

The foregoing is Section 7172. Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 



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LAWS RELATING TO ESTRAY AND OWNERLESS ANIMALS 

Sections 216 - 230 



An Act concerning estray animals. 
Approved November 8, 1861, -- 

216. Estrays to be reported to a justice — Procedure — Failure misde- 

meanor — Larceny. 

Section 1. Every person finding any stray horse, mare, colt, jack, 
or jenny, or any neat-foot animal, or any number of these animals, 
upon his farm or premises, or upon the public highway or domain, and 
shall take the same up for keeping, shall, within ten days, if said 
animal or animals remain on his farm or premises, or keeping, go 
before some justice of the peace of his township, and give, under oath, 
a full description of the marks and brands, color, and kind of such 
animal or animals, also the time, and all necessary information that 
will lead to the cause of the said animal or animals coming into his 
keeping, that may have come to his knowledge, and the marks and 
brands have not been altered since they came to his farm or premises; 
provided, no animal shall be considered an estray if the owner is known 
to the person finding it. At the time the taker-up appears before the 
justice, as aforesaid, the justice shall, without delay, appoint two disin- 
terested appraisers, who are resident householders of the county, to 
appraise and describe such animal or animals, and cause a notice of 
such estray or estrays, with a full description of the same, giving the 
brands, marks and colors thereon, to be published once a week for two 
consecutive months, in a newspaper published at Hie eounty-seat of the. 
county in which the animal or animals may be taken up, and if there 
be no newspapers published at the county-seat, then the said notice 
shall be published in the newspaper nearest to the same. The said 
justice shall also cause three notices to be posted of such estrays, in 
conspicuous places, one of which shall lie the justice's office, and the 
others the vicinity of the place where the estray animal or animals may 
have been taken up. For refusing or neglecting to comply with the 
provisions of this section of this act. justices of the peace shall be 
deemed guilty of misdemeanor in office, and the taker-up of such estray 
or estrays shall be deemed guilty of grand or petit larceny, according 
to the value of the estray animal or animals taken up. and. on convic- 
tion thereof, shall be punished as is provided in the law of the State of 
Nevada entitled "An act concerning crimes and punishments." As 
amended, Stats. 1877, 90. 

217. Record of estray — How restored to owner. 

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the said justice to record the descrip- 
tion, together with full information given by the taker-up, and the 
justice shall, within ten days, if the estray animal or animals is or are 
not before proved by their proper owner, transmit a full transcript to 



the county recorder of his county, and the said recorder shall record 
the same in his estray-book ; said book shall be subject to examination 
by all persons making application to the recorder, and also the estray- 
book of the justice of the peace; and evary person claiming and prov- 
ing said estray animal or animals that has or have been posted by this 
act, shall have restitution of the property so claimed, by paying all 
costs and such charge as may be awarded to the taker-up by the 
justice of the peace of his county. 

218. Penalty for neglect to comply with act. 

Sec. 3. Any person knowing of any horse, mare, colt, mule, jack, or 
jenny, or any* number of neat cattle, or any number of these animals, 
running at large on his farm or premises, and not knowing the proper 
owner, who refuses or neglects to comply with the requisitions of the 
foregoing section, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding the value 
of the stock so neglected to be posted, recoverable before any court hav- 
ing jurisdiction of the same. 

219. Estrays not to be used. 

Sec. 4. No person shall be allowed or permitted to use, or cause to 
be used, to profit or otherwise, any animal within his charge or' keep- 
ing, under the foregoing provisions of this act ; and any persons fail- 
ing or refusing to comply with the requisitions set forth in this section 
shall be deemed guilty of grand or petit larceny, according to the value 
of the same, and, on conviction thereof, be punished in accordance with 
the provisions of the act concerning crimes and punishments. As 
amended, Stats. 1877, 91. 

220. Penalty for moving estrays. 

Sec. 5. The owners of any stray animal, which is legally taken up 
under the provisions of this act, shall not be permitted to take, lead, 
or drive the same from the farm or possession of the person legally 
possessed of such animal, until proven and charges paid according 
to the provisions of this act ; and any person knowingly and wilfully 
violating the provisions of this section, shall be subject to all the 
penalties that he would be subject to under the statute law, provided 
he had no claim on such animal. 

221. Removing, larceny, when. 

Sec. 6. If any one shall remove any stray animal 'from any rancho, 
or farm, or inclosure, contrary to the provisions of this act, who shall 
not be the owner of the same, he shall be deemed guilty of grand or 
petit larceny, according to the value of the property. 

222. Right to reclaim forfeited. 

Sec. 7. If the owner of any lost or stray animal shall not appear 
and prove his property therein within three months, provided they are 
neat-foot animals and valued at fifty dollars and under that amount, 
and six months, provided they are horses, mules, or other animals, and 
valued at one hundred dollars and upwards, after the same is posted, 
he shall forfeit his right thereto, and the property in such animal shall 
be vested in the taker-up, on his payment into the county treasury the 
one-half appraised value thereof, as fixed by the appraisers as afore- 
said. 



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223. Moneys paid, how disposed of. 

Sec. 8. All. moneys paid into the county treasury, under the provi- 
sions of this act as above provided, shall become a part and belong to 
to the county school fund of the county in which the proceedings arc 
had, and be drawn from the county treasury on proper warrant, and 
shall be exclusively appropriated to the county school fund, and for 
no other purpose. 

224. Fees of justice and recorder — Costs, by whom paid. 

Sec. 9. The justice of the peace and recorder shall receive for their 
services in any one case, whether for one or more animals, two dollars 
and fifty cents each ; and all other officers or persons shall receive for 
their services the same fees as are allowed for similar services within 
the county. All costs and charges accruing under this act shall be paid 
by the person taking up the estray animal or animals, but shall be reim- 
bursed by the owner, upon proof and delivery of his property. As 
amended, Stats. 1877, 186. 

225. Taker-up not liable for escape or death. 

Sec. 10. If any stray animal die or escape from the possession of 
the taker-up, at any time before the expiration of six months from the 
taking up, he shall not be held liable in any manner on account of sueh 
animal. 

226. Stallions and Spanish bulls to be castrated. 

Sec. 11. That if any stallion one and a half years old or upwards, 
shall be found running at large, out of the enclosed ground of the 
owner or keeper of said horse, it shall be lawful for any person to take 
up such horse, and forthwith give notice to the owner or keeper thereof, 
if said owner or keeper be known ; and if the owner or keeper do not 
appear within three days thereafter, and pay to the said taker-up five 
dollars as a compensation for his trouble, the taker-up shall proceed to 
advertise said horse ; and the same proceedings shall be had in every 
respect, as hereinbefore provided in cases of stray horses; provided, 
that the taker-up may, at the expiration of twenty days from the time 
of advertising, castrate, or procure to.be castrated, the said horse, 
which shall be done at the risk and expense of the owner. And all 
Spanish bulls of one and a half years old and upwards, found running 
at large, shall be castrated, or cut, as hereinbefore provided. 



An Act relating to the destruction, of wild horses and burros, requiring 
a permit therefor, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof. 

Approved March 13, 1913, 118 

227. .Application — Bond. 

Section 1. Any resident of the State of Nevada is hereby author- 
ized, and it shall be lawful for said resident to kill any wild unbranded 
horse, mare, colt or burro of the age of twelve months or over found 
running at large on any of the public lands or ranges within the State 
of Nevada; provided, that the person desiring to kill horses, mares, 
colts or burros under the provisions of this act shall first file with the 
board of county commissioners of the county in which he desires To 



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kill air^ such horse, mares, colts or burros a written application gener- 
ally describing the range or public lands upon which he intends to 
kill said horses, mares, colts or burros. Said application shall remain 
on file at least two weeks before being acted upon by said board of 
county commissioners, and said board of county commissioners shall 
have the power to grant or refuse the application, and prescribe any 
conditions as the circumstances may warrant, and may, at any time, 
revoke the permit given under said application, and under the provi- 
sions of this act without assigning any reasons therefor ; and provided 
further, that before the permission granted by said board of county 
commissioners shall become effective, the applicant shall file with and 
have approved by said board of county commissioners, a bond in the 
sum of $2,000 with two sureties, said bond to be conditioned that said 
applicant will comply with the provisions of this act and be answerable 
in damages to the owner or owners of any branded horses which he 
kills contrary to the provisions of this act. 

228. Permit necessary. 

Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to kill, wound or maim 
any wild unbranded horses, mares, colts, or burros of the age of twelve 
months or over found running at large on any of the public land or 
ranges within the State of Nevada, without first having obtained a 
permit from the board of county commissioners as provided in section 
1 of this act. 

229. Unlawful to kill certain animals. 

Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to kill, wound or maim 
any wild unbranded horse, mare, colt, or burro under the age of twelve 
months. And no permit granted by the board of county commissioners 
under the provisions of section 1 of this act shall include or give the 
right to any person to kill, wound or maim any wild unbranded horse, 
mare, colt, or burro under the age of twelve months. 

230. Penalties for violation. 

Sec. 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be 
punished by a fine of. not less than twenty dollars, nor more than five 
hundred dollars, or be confined in the county jail for a period not 
exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 
Note — See also : 

An Act in relation to herding, grazing and driving of sheep. Sec. 129. 

An Act relating to trespass of swine, sheep and goats. Sec. 137. 

An Act to prevent the trespassing of animals upon private property. 

Sec. 141. 
An Act to prohibit certain live stock from running at large upon the 

streets, etc. Sec. 154. 
An Act to make unlawful the running at large' of live stock upon the 
enclosed public roads and highways of certain counties, etc. Sec. 159. 
An Act authorizing and empowering boards of county commissioners to 
pass ordinances to prohibit horses, cattle, swine, goats or sheep from 
running at large, etc. Sec. 167. 
An Act concerning unlawful stock. Sec. 168-179. 



LAWS RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL USE OF DOMESTI- 
CATED ANIMALS 

Sections 231 - 232 

231. Fraud by bailee of animal. 

Sec. 442. Every person who shall obtain from another the posses- 
sion or use of any horse or other draft animal or any vehicle or automo- 
bile, without paying therefor, with intent to defraud the owner thereof, 
or who shall obtain the possession or use thereof, by color or aid of 
any false or fraudulent representation, pretense, token or writing, or 
shall obtain credit for such use by color or aid of any false or fraudu- 
lent representation, pretense, token or writing; or who having tired 
property, shall recklessly, wilfully, wantonly or by gross negligence 
injure or destroy or cause, suffer, allow or. permit the same, or any 
part thereof, to be injured or destroyed; or who, having hired any 
horse or other draft animal upon an understanding or agreement that 
the same shall be ridden or driven a specified distance or to a specified 
place, shall wilfully and fraudulently ride or drive or cause, permit 
or allow the same to be ridden or driven a longer distance, or to a 
different place, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

The foregoing is Section G707, Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 

232. Working domestic animals without consent. 

Sec. 479. If any person shall use or work any horse or horses, mule 
or mules, or work cattle without first obtaining the consent of the 
owner thereof, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con- 
viction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred or more 
than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for 
not less than fifty days or more than three hundred days. 

The foregoing is Section (5744. Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 
Note — See also : 

An Act for the prevention of cruelty to animals, etc. Sees. 233-549. 
An Act concerning estray animals. Sec. 219. 



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LAW RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY 
TO ANIMALS 

Sections 233 - 249 



An Act for the prevention of cruelty to animals, defining certain terms 
and fixing the grade of crimes for violation thereof, and repealing 
certain sections of an act entitled "An act concerning crimes 
and punishments, and repealing certain acts relating thereto," 
approved March 17, 1911. 

Approved March 28, 1919. 319 

233. Definitions. 

Section 1. The word "animal,'' as used in this article, does not 
include the human race, but includes every other living creature ; 

2. The word "torture" or "cruelty" includes everj T act, omission, or 
neglect, whereby unjustifiable physical pain, suffering or death is 
caused or permitted. 

234. Keeping a place where animals are fought. 

Sec. 2. A person who keeps or uses, or is in any manner connected 
with, or interested in the management of, or receives money for the 
admission of any person to, a house, apartment, pit or place kept or 
used for baiting or fighting any bird or animal, and any owner or 
occupant of a house, apartment, pit or place who wilfully procures or 
permits the same to be used or occupied for such baiting or fighting, is 
guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon complaint under oath or affirmation to 
any magistrate authorized to issue warrants in criminal cases that the 
complainant has just and reasonable cause to suspect that any -of the 
provisions of law relating to or in any wise affecting animals are being 
or about to be violated in any particular building or place, such magis- 
trate shall immediately issue and deliver a warrant to any person 
authorized by law to make arrests for such offenses, authorizing him 
to enter and search such building or place, and to arrest any person 
there present found violating any of said laws, and to bring such person 
before the nearest magistrate of competent jurisdiction to be dealt 
with according to law. 

235. Instigating fights between birds and animals. 

Sec. 3. A person who sets on foot, instigates, promotes, or carries on, 
or does any act as assistant, umpire, or principal, or is a witness of, or 
in any way aids or engages in the furtherance of any fight between 
cocks or other birds, or dogs, bulls, bears, or other animals, premedi- 
tated by any person owning, or having custody of such birds or animals, 
is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

236. Officer may take possession of animals or implements used in 

fights among animals. 

Sec. 4. Any officer authorized by law to make arrests may lawfully 
take possession of any animals, or implements, or other property used 



or employed, or about to be used or employed, iu the violation of any 
provision of law relating to fights among animals. He shall state to 
the person in charge thereof, at the time of such taking, his name and 
residence, and also the time and place at which the application pro- 
vided for by the next section will be made. 

237. Disposition of animals or implements used in fights among 

animals. 

Sec. 5. The officer, after taking possession of such animals, or imple- 
ments or other property, pursuant to the preceding section, shall apply 
to the magistrate before whom complaint is made against the offender 
violating such provision of law, for the order next hereinafter men- 
tioned, and shall make and file an affidavit with such magistrate, stating 
therein the name of the offender charged in such complaint, the time, 
place and description of the animals, implements or other property 
so taken, together with the name of the party who claims the same, if 
known, and that the affiant has reason to believe and does believe, stat- 
ing the grounds of such belief, that the same were used or employed, 
or were about to be used or employed, in such violation, and will estab- 
lish the truth thereof upon the trial of such offender. He shall then 
deliver such animals, implements or other property, to such magistrate, 
who shall thereupon, by order in writing, place the same in the cus- 
tody of an officer or other proper person in such order named and 
designated, to be by him kept until the trial or final discharge of the 
offender, and shall send a copy of such order, without delay, to the 
district attorney of the county. The officer or person so named and 
designated in such order shall immediately thereupon assume such 
custody, and shall retain the same for the purpose of evidence upon 
such trial, subject to the order of the court before which such offender 
may be required to appear, until- his final discharge or conviction. 
Upon the conviction of such offender, the animals, implements, or other 
property, shall be adjudged by the court to be forfeited. In the event 
of the acquittal or final discharge, without conviction, of such offender, 
said court shall, on demand, direct the delivery of the property so held 
in custody to the owner thereof. 

238. Overdriving, torturing and injuring animals— Failing to pro- 

vide proper sustenance. 

Sec. 6. A person who overdrives, overloads, tortures or cruelly 
beats or unjustifiably injures, maims, mutilates or kills any animal, 
and whether belonging to himself or to another, or deprives any animal 
of necessary sustenance, food or drink, or neglects or refuses to furnish 
it such sustenance or drink, or causes, procures or permits any animal 
to be overdriven, overloaded, tortured, cruelly beaten, or unjustifiably 
injured, maimed, mutilated or killed, or to be deprived of necessary 
food or drink, or who wilfully sets on foot, instigates, engages in, or 
in any way furthers an act of cruelty to any animal, or any act tending 
to produce such cruelty, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit or interfere 
with any properly conducted scientific experiments or investigations, 
which experiments shall be performed only under the authority of the 
faculty of some regularly incorporated medical college or university 
of this state. 






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239. Abandonment of disabled animal. 

Sec. 7. A person being the owner or possessor, or having- charge or 
custody of a maimed, diseased, disabled or infirm animal, who aban- 
dons such animal or leaves it to die in a public street, road or public 
place, or who allows it to lie in a public street, road or public place 
more than three hours after he receives notice that it is left disabled, is 
guilty of a misdemeanor. Any agent or officer of any society for the 
prevention of cruelty to animals, or of any society duly incorporated 
for that purpose, or any police officer, may lawfully destroy or cause to 
be destroyed any animal found abandoned and not properly cared for, 
appearing, in the judgment of two reputable citizens called by him to 
view the same in his presence, to be glandered, injured or diseased past 
recovery for any useful purpose ; or after such agent or officer has 
obtained in writing from the owner of such animal his consent to such 
destruction. When any person arrested is, at the time of such arrest, 
in charge of any animal or of any vehicle drawn by or containing any 
animal, any agent or officer of said society or societies or any police 
officer may take charge of such animal and of such vehicle and its con- 
tents and deposit the "same in a safe place of custody, or deliver the 
same into the possession of the police or sheriff of the county or place 
wherein such arrest was made, who shall thereupon assume the custody 
thereof; and all neccessary expenses incurred in taking charge of 
such property shall be a charge thereon. 

240. Failure to provide proper food and drink to impounded animal. 

Sec. 8. A person who, having impounded or confined any animal, 
refuses or neglects to supply to such animal during its confinement a 
sufficient supply of good and wholesome air, food, shelter and water, 
is guilty of a misdemeanor. In case any animal shall be at any time 
impounded as aforesaid, and shall continue to be without necessary 
food and water for more than twelve successive hours, it shall be lawful 
for any person from time to time, and as often as it shall be necessary, 
to enter into and upon any pound in which any such animal shall be 
so confined and to supply it with necessary food and water, so long as 
it shall remain so confined; such person shall not be liable to any 
action for such entry, and the reasonable cost of such food and water 
may be collected by him of the owner of such animal, and the said 
animal shall not be exempt from levy and sale upon execution issued 
upon a judgment therefor. 

241. Selling or offering to sell or exposing diseased animal. 

Sec. 9. A person who wilfully sells or offers to sell, uses, exposes, or 
causes or permits to be sold, offered for sale, used or exposed, any horse 
or other animal having the disease known as glanders or farcy, or other 
contagious or infectious disease dangerous to the life or health of 
human beings, or animals, or which is diseased past recovery, or who 
refuses upon demand to deprive of life an animal affected with any 
such disease, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

242. Selling disabled horses. 

Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell any horse which, 
by reason of disease, could not be'worked in this state without violating 
the law against cruelty to animals. 



243. Poisoning or attempting to poison animals. 

Sec. 11. A person who unjustifiably administers any poisonous or 

noxious drug or substance to a horse, mule or domestic cattle, or unjus- 
tifiably exposes any such drug or substance with intent that the same 
shall be taken by a horse, mule or by domestic cattle, whether >uch 
horse, mule or domestic cattle be the property of himself or another, is 
guilty of a felony. A person who unjustifiably administers any poi- 
sonous or noxious drug or substance to any animal other than a horse, 
mule or domestic cattle, or unjustifiably exposes any such drug or sub- 
stance with intent that the same shall be taken by an animal other than 
a horse, mule or domestic cattle, whether such animal be the property 
of himself or another, is guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that 
nothing in this act shall be construed so as to prevent the destruction 
of noxious animals. 

244. Throwing substance injurious to animals in public place. 

Sec. 12. A person who wilfully throws, drops or places, or causes to 
be thrown, dropped or placed upon any road, highway, street or publ it- 
place, any glass, nails, pieces of metal, or other substance which might 
wound, disable or injure any animal, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

245. Keeping milch cows in unhealthy places and feeding them with 

food producing unwholesome milk. 
Sec. 13. A person who keeps a cow or any animal for the production 
of milk, in a crowded or unhealthy place, or in a diseased condition, or 
feeds such cow or animal upon any food that produces impure or 
unwholesome milk, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

246. Transporting animals for more than twenty-eight consecutive 

hours without unloading. 
Sec. 14. A railway corporation, or an owner, agent, consignee, or 
person in charge of any horses, sheep, cattle or swine, in the course of 
or for transportation, who confines, or causes or suffers the same to be 
confined, in cars for a longer period than twenty-eight consecutive 
hours, without unloading for rest, water and feeding during five con- 
secutive hours, unless prevented by storm or inevitable accident, is 
guilty of a misdemeanor. In estimating such confinement, the time 
during which the animals have been confined without rest on connect- 
ing roads from which they are received, must be computed ; provided, 
the time of confinement prescribed in this act may be extended to 
thirty-six hours upon the written request of the owner or the person in 
custody of a particular shipment of live stock, which written request 
shall be separate and apart from any printed bill of lading, or other 
railroad form, which request for extension of time shall be made to 
the conductor of train, agent, or other authorized agent of the railroad 
company over which said stock is being transported. 

247. Running horses on highway. 

Sec. 15. A person driving any vehicle upon any plank road, turn- 
pike or public highway, who unjustifiably runs the horses drawing the 
same, or causes or permits them to run. is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

248. Carrying animal in cruel manner. 

Sec. 16. A person who carries or causes to he carried in or upon any 



vessel or vehicle or otherwise any animal in a cruel or inhuman 
manner, or so as to produce torture, is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

249. Certain sections repealed. 

Sec. 17. Sections numbered 482 and 550 of that certain act entitled 
"An act concerning crimes and punishments and repealing certain acts 
relating thereto," approved March 17, 1911, being sections numbered 
6747 and 6815, respectively, of the Revised Laws of Nevada, 1912, are 
hereby repealed. 



LAWS RELATING TO THE ASSESSMENT, TAXATION AND 
LICENSING FOR REVENUE OF LIVE STOCK 

Sections 250 - 288 



An Act in relation to public revenues, creating the Nevada tax com- 
mission and the state board of equalization, defining their powers 
and duties, and matters relating thereto, and repealing all acts and 
parts of acts in conflict herewith. 

Approved March 23, 1917, 328 

[Sections 1 and 2, dealing with the creation and organization of the 
Commission, omitted.] 

250. Powers specified. 

Sec. 3.. Said Nevada tax commission, hereinafter and heretofore 
referred to as "said commission," is hereby empowered: 

First — To confer with, advise and direct assessors, sheriff's, as ex 
officio collectors of licenses, county boards of equalization, and all other 
county officers having to do with the preparation of the assessment roll 
or collection of taxes or other revenues as to their duties ; to direct 
what proceeding, actions or prosecutions shall be instituted to support 
the law. Said commission may call upon the district attorney of airy- 
county or the attorney-general to institute and conduct such civil or 
criminal proceedings as may be demanded. 

Second — To have the original power of appraisement -or assessment 
of all property mentioned in section 5 of this act. 

Third — To establish and prescribe the general and uniform rules 
and regulations governing the assessment of property by the assessors 
of the various counties, not in conflict with law ; to prescribe the form 
and -manner in which assessment rolls or tax lists shall be kept by 
assessors (and county commissioners shall supply books and blanks for 
the use of the assessors in such form), and also to prescribe the form of 
the statements of propertj^ owners in making returns of their prop- 
erty ; and it is hereby made the duty of all county assessors to adopt 
and put in practice such rules and regulations and to use and adopt 
such form and manner of keeping such assessment rolls or tax lists, 
and to use and require such property owners to use, and the county 
commissioners shall furnish, the blank statements required by said 
commission in making their property returns. 



Fourth— To require assessors, sheriffs, as ex officio collectors of 
licenses, and the clerks of the county boards of equalization, and all 
other county officers having to do with the preparation of the assess- 
ment roll or collection of taxes or other revenues, to furnish such 
information in relation to assessments, licenses, or the equalization of 
property valuations, and in such form as said commission may demand. 

Fifth — To summon witnesses to appear and testify on any subject 
material to the determination of property valuations, licenses, or the 
net proceeds of mines, but no property owner and no officer, director, 
superintendent, manager, or agent of any company or corporation, 
whose property is wholly in one county, shall be required to appear, 
without his consent, at a place other than the county-seat or at the 
nearest town to his place of residence or the principal place of busi- 
ness of such company or corporation. Such summons may be served 
by personal service by any member of said commission, or by the sheriff 
of the county, and who shall certify to such service without compensa- 
tion therefor. Any member of said commission may administer oaths 
to witnesses. 

Sixth — To make diligent investigation with reference to any class 
or kind of property believed to be escaping just taxation ; and in pur- 
suance whereof, said commission, or any commissioner thereof, may 
examine the books and accounts of any person, copartnership, or cor- 
poration doing business in the state, when such examination is deemed 
necessary to a proper determination of the valuation of any property 
subject to taxation, or the determination of any licenses for the con- 
duct of any business, or the determination of the net proceeds of any 
mine. 

Seventh — To require boards of county commissioners to submit a 
budget estimate of the county expenses for the current year in such 
detail and form as may be required by the commission ; to require 
boards of county commissioners to increase or decrease the county tax 
rate of their respective counties to produce the net revenue estimated 
as necessarjr for the conduct of such county government, as appears 
from such budget ; to require county boards of education and district 
school trustees and all school officers having control over any school 
expenditures in any district in which a special tax is to be levied during 
the current year to submit a budget estimate of the expenses for which 
such tax is levied in such detail and form as may be required by the 
commission. To require cities, municipalities and towns and the gov- 
erning boards thereof to submit budget estimates of the expenses for 
the government of such city, municipality or town for the current year, 
in such form and detail as may be required by the commission, and to 
require the governing boards of any municipality, city or town to 
increase or decrease the tax rate therein to produce the net revenue 
estimates for the conduct of such municipality, city or town in said 
budget. 

Eighth — The commission shall have, in addition to the specific 
powers enumerated, the power to exercise general supervision and con- 
trol over the entire revenue system of the state. 

Ninth — The commission shall have the power to require county 
assessors, county boards of equalization, any county auditor or county 
treasurer, to place upon the roll any property found to be escaping 
taxation. 



Tenth — The commission shall have the power to authorize the secre- 
tary to hold hearings or make investigations, and upon any such 
hearing the secretary shall have the authority to examine books, compel 
the attendance of witnesses, administer oaths and conduct investiga- 
tions. 

The enumeration of the foregoing powers shall not be considered 
as excluding the exercise of any needful and proper power and 
authority of said commission. 

251. Office at Carson City — Sessions— What legal notice. 

Sec. 4. Said commission shall keep its office at Carson City, and 
shall be in general session and open for the transaction of business the 
usual hours and days in which public offices are kept open. There 
shall annually be held at Carson City two regular sessions of said 
commission, namely, one beginning on the second Monday in January 
of each year at 9 o'clock a. m., and continuing from day to day until 
the business is completed, at which valuations shall be established by 
said commission on the several kinds and classes of property mentioned 
in section 5 of this act ; and one regular session shall be held annually 
beginning on the first day of October, or the first legal day thereafter, 
at the same hour, and continuing from day to day until the business is 
completed, at which said commission shall equalize property valuations 
in the state as provided in section 7 of this act, exclusive of live stock. 
The publication in the statutes of the foregoing time, place, and pur- 
poses of such regular session shall be deemed sufficient notice thereof 
to all concerned, but said commission, if it so elects, may cause pub- 
lished notices of such regular sessions to be made in the press, or may 
notify parties in interest by letter or otherwise. All sessions shall be 
public and all parties shall have the right to appear, to be heard in 
person or by their agents or attorneys, or to submit evidence in docu- 
mentary form. The publication once a week, for two consecutive weeks, 
of notice of a special session, in some newspaper of general circulation 
in the county in which such special session is to be held, five days ' per- 
sonal service on, or registered mailed notice to, the person,- firm, or 
corporation affected, stating the time, place, objects and purposes of 
such special session, shall be deemed sufficient notice thereof to all 
concerned. Special sessions may be held at such times and places and 
for such purposes as said commission ma}" declare. 

252. Assess live stock, railroads, franchises, etc. 

Sec. 5. At the regular session of said commission held on the second 
Monday of January of each year, said commission shall assess all live 
stock throughout the state, accepting the valuation per head for the 
year 1917, using the valuation theretofore established by the state 
board of equalization at its regular session held in August, 1916, and 
thereafter using the valuation per head established by the preceding 
session of the state board of equalization for the then current year, as 
provided for in section 6 of this act, and shall establish the valuation 
on any property of an interstate or intercounty nature, and which 
shall in any event include: The property of all interstate or inter- 
county railroads, sleeping-car, private car line, street railway, traction, 
telegraph, water, telephone, and electric light and power companies, 
together with the franchises, and the property and franchises of all 



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express companies operating on any common carrier in this state, and 
which foregoing, exclusive of live stock, shall be assessed as follows: 
Said commission shall establish and fix the valuation of the franchise, 
and all physical property used directly in the operation of any such 
business of any such company in this state, as a collective unit ; and if 
operating in more than one county, on establishing such unit valuation 
for the collective property, said commission shall then proceed to 
determine the total aggregate mileage operated within the state and 
within the several counties thereof, and so apportion the same upon a 
mile-unit valuation basis, and the number of miles so apportioned to 
any county shall be subject to assessment in that county according to 
the mile-unit valuation so established by said commission. The word 
"company" shall be construed to mean and include any person or 
persons, company, corporation, or association engaged in the business 
described. In case of the omission by said commission to establish a 
valuation for assessment purposes upon any property mentioned in 
this section, it shall be the duty of the assessors of any counties wherein 
such property is situated to assess the same. All other property shall be 
assessed by the county assessors. On or before the first Monday in June 
it shall be the duty of the said commission to transmit to the several 
assessors the assessed valuation found by it on such classes of property 
as are enumerated in this section, "together with the apportionment of 
each county of such assessment. The several county assessors shall 
enter on the roll all such assessments transmitted to them by the 
Nevada tax commission. 

253. State board of equalization. 

Sec. 6. Beginning on the third Monday of August the said com- 
mission shall, together with the county assessors of the several counties 
of this state, sit in Carson City as a state board of equalization. The 
chairman of the said commission shall be the chairman of the said 
board of equalization, and each member of said commission and each 
of the county assessors shall have a vote upon said board. The secre- 
tary of the Nevada tax commission shall act as the secretary of the 
state board of equalization. The actual necessary expenses of the 
county assessors in attending the meeting of the said board of equali- 
zation shall be paid by the respective counties. At such meeting it 
shall be the duty of the state board of equalization to review The tax 
rolls of the various counties as corrected by county boards of equaliza- 
tion, and to raise or lower for the purpose of state equalization the 
valuations therein established by county assessors and county boards 
of equalization, on any class or piece of property in whole or in part 
in any county save and except those classes of property enumerated 
in section 5 of this act, exclusive of live stock, which shall he equalized 
by the said state board ; and in equalizing the assessment of said prop- 
erty it shall be the duty of said state board of equalization to so raise 
or lower such valuation as to produce an aggregate assessment of. all 
property within the state (including the property enumerated in sec- 
tion 5 of this act ) sufficient when the state tax levy is applied thereto 
to produce the revenues required from taxation as shown in the budget 
of estimated state expenses provided for in section 8 of this act: pro- 
vided, however, that if said state board of equalization shall fail to 
perform the duties enumerated in this section, the Nevada tax com- 



mission may make such equalization as will be necessary. Said board 
of equalization shall complete their labors on or before the thirtieth 
day of September, and any person whose assessment valuation has 
.been raised by said state board of equalization may complain to the 
Nevada tax commission on or before the third Monday in October in 
said year, and said tax commission may correct or remedy any inequal- 
ity or error so complained of. Showing on complaint may be made 
by letter or in person, and said commission may, in its discretion, 
require affidavits in support thereof. If any count.y assessor shall be 
unable to attend the meeting- of the state board of equalization, the 
board of county commissioners may appoint a qualified person to act in 
his stead. At the meeting of the state board of equalization, as pro- 
vided for in this section, in the year 1917, and annually thereafter, 
said state board of equalization shall fix the valuation for assessment 
purposes per head of all live stock in the state ; and such valuation, 
however, shall be subject to equalization. 

254. May regulate valuations, except live stock. 

Sec. 7. At the regular session commencing on the first day of 
October, the Nevada tax commission for the purpose of state equaliza- 
tion may raise or lower any valuations theretofore established by it 
upon any class or piece of property, exclusive of live stock, enumer- 
ated in section 5 of this act, to conform with the equalization of 
assessments effected by the state board of equalization. 

[Sections 8 to 11 inclusive, not dealing directly with the assessment 
and taxation of live stock, omitted.] 

255. Assessment at full cash value. 

Sec. 12, All property subject to taxation shall be assessed at its full 
cash value. 

[Sections 13 to 21 inclusive, not dealing directly with the assessment 
and taxation of live stock, omitted.] 



An Act defining and classifying transient live stock and providing for 
the assessment, collection, and distribution of taxes on the same, 
providing penalties for violation of its provisions, and repealing 
all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. 

Approved March 26. 1915. 417 

256. Transient live stock, how determined. 

Section 1. For the purpose of taxation, as hereinafter provided, 
transient stock shall be deemed to be : 

1. All stock brought into the state by any person or persons, other 
than bona-fide residents thereof, for the purpose of being grazed or fed ; 
and 

2. All stock owned by residents of the state and driven or removed 
from one county to another for the purpose of being grazed or fed. 

257. Certificate required to be filed upon bringing of live stock into 

any county— Form. 

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of every person or persons within ten 
days after bringing transient live stock into any county of the state for 
the purpose of being grazed or fed for any length of time, to set out 



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in a certificate signed by such person or persons, or their agents, the 
number of live stock with the marks and brands on the same, and 
immediately file said certificate with the county clerk of the county in 
which said live stock shall be first brought, which certificate shall be 
substantially in the following form : 
State of Nevada, I ,, 

County of ) 

I, , of , hereby certify that on 

the day of , 19 , I brought into the county of 

, from the State of : , head of 

, branded on the , and marked as follows: 

Dated this day of , 19 

Signed by 



258. Duty of county clerk upon receiving certificate. 

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the county clerk, upon said certificate 
being filed, to keep an index of the same in his office, and if the assess- 
ment rolls are in his possession or in the possession of the county 
treasurer, he shall, as clerk of the county, enter an abstract of such 
certificate upon the assessment roll for the current year ; otherwise he 
shall deliver to the county assessor a certified copy of such certificate, 
and the county assessor shall enter an abstract of such certificate upon 
the assessment roll for the year. 

259. Bond or cash deposit required. 

Sec. 4. Every person or persons, bringing transient live stock into 
any county of the state, for the purpose of being grazed or fed for any 
length of time, shall be required by the assessor of the county where 
certificate is filed, as provided in the two preceding sections, to also file 
a good and sufficient bond (which bond must be approved by the asses- 
sor) in double the sum the taxes would amount to on such live stock 
figured at the rate and average valuation within the county effective 
during the last preceding regular taxing year: provided, such person 
or persons may deposit with the assessor, taking his receipt therefor, 
cash in like amount in lieu of bond herein provided for. Such bond 
or cash shall immediately be deposited by the assessor with the county 
treasurer, who shall give his receipt therefor. If a bond be given, such 
bond shall remain in full force and effect for a period of eighteen 
months from date thereof as a guarantee that the provisions of 
sections 5 and 6 of this act shall be fully complied with ; thereafter 
such bond shall automatically become null and void without action or 
surrender, unless a suit at law has been instituted to enforce the provi- 
sions of said sections 5 and 6 of this act ; in which event such bond 
shall remain in full force and effect until a final adjudication of the 
suit at law by a court of competent jurisdiction, and the issue of an 
order from said court. Said order may be for the release of the bond or 
the holding it liable for taxes and costs in full or in part, If a cash 
deposit be made, such cash shall be retained intact by the county 
treasurer in a separate fund, and unapportioned until such time as 
the taxes for that current year shall become due, when the treasurer 
shall apply such portion of the cash deposit to the payment thereof as 
may be required, and retain the balance intact in a separate fund and 



unapportioned for a period of eighteen months from the date upon 
which original deposit was made as a guarantee that the provisions 
of sections 5 and 6 of this act shall be fully complied with. At the 
expiration of such period of eighteen months, in the event no suit at 
law* has been instituted to enforce the provisions of sections 5 and 6 
of this act, the amount remaining in the cash deposit fund shall be 
returned by the treasurer on the personal demand of the person or 
persons originally making the deposit. If suit at law has been insti- 
tuted to enforce the provisions of said sections 5 and 6 of this act, the 
amount remaining in the cash deposit unapportioned shall be retained 
by the treasurer until the final adjudication of the suit at law by a 
court of competent jurisdiction and the issue of an order of said court. 
Said order may be for the release in whole or in part of the amount 
remaining in the cash deposit unapportioned, or the holding it liable 
for taxes and costs in full or in part. 

260. Liability when removed to another county. 

Sec. 5. The person or persons bringing transient live stock into any 
county of this state to which this act is applicable shall pay the taxes 
for the full calendar year on such live stock in the county where certifi- 
cate is filed in accordance with section 2 of this act ; provided, if after 
the filing of such certificate all or any part of the live stock covered 
thereby is removed to another county or other counties for any of the 
remaining portion of the calendar year, where the tax rate or tax rates 
are higher than in the county where certificate is filed, then, in such 
event, the bond or excess cash deposit required by the preceding section 
shall become liable for the amount of extra tax which would accrue by 
reason of such higher rate or rates, computed on the length of time the 
live stock shall have remained in such county or counties ; provided, 
such extra tax shall become due and payable between the first and fif- 
teenth day of January of the next succeeding calendar year ; provided 
further, that if live stock coming under the provisions of this act is 
removed to any county or counties where the tax rates are lower than 
the rates in the county where original certificate is filed, then, in that 
event, no refund shall be allowed by reason of such lower rates. 

261. Procedure. 

Sec. 6. In the event of removal from the county where original cer- 
tificate is filed to a county or counties where higher tax rates obtain in 
accordance with the provisions of the preceding section, it shall be the 
duty of the assessor or assessors of such county or counties to make 
demand upon the person or persons owning or having charge of such 
live stock, between the first and fifteenth day of January of the next 
succeeding calendar year, for the amount of such extra tax, if such 
person or persons are then known and reasonably accessible. Imme- 
diate payment of such extra tax shall release the bond filed or cash 
deposit made, in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of this act, 
to the amount of such payment ; provided, that if for any reason the 
assessor is unable to collect such extra tax between the first and fif- 
teenth day of January, or if the person or persons owning or having 
in charge such live stock are not reasonably accessible, he shall imme- 
diately after the fifteenth day of January certify all the facts in detail 
to the district attorney. The district attornev shall within ten davs 



thereafter institute legal proceedings against the person or persons 
owning r having in charge such Live stock on whose behalf bond was 
filed or deposit made, as provided in section 4 of this act, making a 
party thereto the treasurer of the county where bond was tiled or 
deposit made, and the bondsmen (if any). For the purpose of any 
such proceeding the treasurer of the county where bond was filed or 
deposit made shall be considered the agent of the owner, and service 
upon such treasurer shall be equivalent to service upon the owner. 
Such bond or deposit shall be liable for the proper amount of extra tax 
and all costs of action, and no part thereof shall be released without an 
order of court. 

262 Not to apply to certain residents. 

Sec. 7. The provisions of this act relating to the filing of a bond or 
making of a cash deposit shall not apply to owners of sufficient real 
estate within the Stateof Nevada to insure the payment of said taxes. 

263. County assessor to furnish owner with certificate — Form of 

certificate. 

Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the county assessor in each county, 
at the time of assessing any transient stock, to furnish the owner of 
said transient stock or his agent with a certificate and such copies 
thereof as the owner or his agent may require, showing the time, place, 
number, and description of the animals assessed; provided, residents 
and other persons not owning sufficient real estate within the state to 
secure the payment of said taxes shall have complied with all of the 
necessary provisions of this act before they shall be entitled to such 
certificate. Such certificate shall be substantially in the following 
form : 

State of Nevada. ) 

County of \ 

1, , do hereby certify that I am the assessor of 

County, State of Nevada ; that 1 have this day 

assessed for the year 19 , head of.... branded on 

the , and marked as follows: 

the property of , a resident of 

County, State of 

Dated this day of 19 

By , Deputy. , Assessor. 

264. Certificate and statement to be filed. 

Sec. 9. Whenever the owner of any transient live stock or his agent 
shall drive or remove such live stock into another county for grazing or 
feeding purposes, such owner or his agent shall file with the county 
clerk of such county a copy of the certificate set forth in the preceding 
section, together with a statement from said owner or his agent show- 
ing the date when they will probably leave. Such certificate and state- 
ment must be filed in each county into which such live stock are driven 
or removed. 

265. Assessor to make full assessment. 

Sec. 10. If the assessment in the county where first made is not in 
full, then the assessor of such other county in which such transient 
stock mav be ranging is authorized to assess such stock to the number 



omitted in the previous assessment, and such taxes on the number so 
assessed shall be paid. in the county where such last assessment is made. 

266. Applies to all live stock. 

Sec. 11. The provisions of this act shall apply in cases of all tran- 
sient live stock running' at large or otherwise, whether in charge of a 
herder or not, and the taxes thereon may be collected at any time 
during the calendar year ; and the fact that such live stock may have 
been assessed, and the taxes thereon for the same year paid in some 
other state or territory, shall not exempt it from assessment and taxa- 
tion in this state; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so 
construed as to prevent the free passage of such live stock through this 
state for commercial purposes, or to deny to the citizens of each state 
all the privileges and immunities of citizens of the several states. 

267. Tax to be equalized, when. 

Sec. 12. When the property described in this act shall have been 
assessed as herein provided and the taxes thereon collected as pre- 
scribed herein, upon complaint in writing by the owner, his agent, or 
any person aggrieved (which complaint shall be made within ten days 
after the collection of said taxes, and shall be filed with any state board 
or commission authorized by law to equalize assessment values, or with 
the board of county commissioners, if there be no such state board or 
commission), that the assessment was too high or too low, it shall be 
the duty of such state board or commission or board of county commis- 
sioners at its next regular session after the filing of such complaint to 
equalize the same, and the proceedings shall be the same as in other 
cases of equalization. 

268. County commissioners to commence suit, when — Defendant in 

the action. 

Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the county commissioners of the 
county in which such live stock shall be herded or grazed without 
having first complied with the provisions of this act, upon receiving- 
satisfactory information of such fact, to institute civil action in the 
name of the county against the person so herding or grazing such live 
stock, or his agent, for the proper amount of taxes due and all costs of 
action ; and the institution or determination of such suit shall not in 
any wise act as a bar to the enforcement of any other penalties or 
forfeitures herein provided for. 

269. Penalty for moving- stock with intent to move out of state — 

Misdemeanor. 

Sec. 14. If any person having the care or custody of such live stock 
shall, pending an action instituted as provided in the last section, drive 
or move said live stock out of the county with intent to move the same 
out of the state, or with the intent to evade the payment of the forfei- 
ture hereinbefore named, upon affidavit to that effect being made and 
filed in an action being brought to recover said forfeiture or tax herein 
provided, writs of attachment may issue as in civil actions, and the 
proceedings therein shall be as in other cases, except that no undertak- 
ing on attachment shall be required ; provided, the district attorney 
or other interested party may make such affidavit on information and 
belief. In addition to the foregoing, any person so driving or moving 



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such live stock shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a 
fine of not less than ten nor more than three hundred dollars, or by 
imprisonment in the county jail for not exceeding six months, or by 
both such fine and imprisonment, for each and every offense. 

270. Failure to file certificate a misdemeanor. 

Sec. 15. Any person named in section 2 of this act, or his agent, who 
shall bring any live stock into any county of this state for grazing or 
feeding purposes, and shall herd or feed or graze the same in any 
coimty of the state without filing said certificate as required herein, 
and without paying the amount of money or giving the bond as herein- 
before provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by 
a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred 
dollars, and shall further forfeit and pay the sum of forty cents for 
each and every head of cattle thereof, and fifteen cents for each 
and every head of sheep, for the use of said county, which said 
forfeit shall be collected by a civil action in the name of the county 
in which said live stock are, or were, so herded, grazed or fed. 

271. Further punishment for violation of this act — Duty of assessors. 

Sec. 16. Any person or his agent bringing live stock from one 
county in this state into another county for grazing purposes without 
filing the statement and certificate as provided in section 9 of this act, 
within ten days after he has crossed the county line, shall be guilty of 
a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars 
nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county 
jail not to exceed six months ; and in addition thereto said live stock 
shall not be exempt from taxation in the county from which they are 
taken. Any assessor of any county may, when he finds live stock 
belonging outside his county ranging within his county lines, enumer- 
ate such stock and render to the county clerk of the county where the 
stock belong, or the county where they were first certified to as herein 
required, a certificate setting forth the time that such stock entered 
and the time such stock left his county. A certificate so rendered shall 
be of the same force and effect as though made by an agent of the 
owner of the stock. 

272. Punishment for failure of officers to perform duties. 

Sec. 17. Any county officer or member of the board of county com- 
missioners or board of equalization, who shall fail to perform the 
duties prescribed in this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall 
be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than 
five hundred dollars. 

273. Construction of the word "person" used in this act. 

Sec. 18. Within the meaning of this act the word "person" shall 
be construed to mean and include corporations, whether domestic or 

foreign, joint-stock companies, firms, or other associations associated 
together and doing business. 

274. Repealing section. 

Sec. 19. An act entitled "An act to provide revenue for the support 
of the government of the State of Nevada." approved March 1:'.. 1895 ; 
an act entitled "An act defining and classifying transient stock and 



providing for the assessment, collection, and distribution of taxes on 
the same, and providing penalties for violation of its provisions," 
approved March 9, 1903 ; and all other acts and parts of acts in 
conflict herewith, are hereby repealed. 

An Act to regulate the herding or grazing of the live stock of certain 
nonresidents and, of certain corporations upon unenclosed lands 
in the State of Nevada, and fixing a penalty for any violation of 
any provision of this act. 

Approved April 1, 1919, at 4 :40 p. m., 402 

275. Nonresident may procure license. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or for any corpora- 
tion who or which does not have his or its principal home ranch and 
livestock headquarters in the State of Nevada, except as herein pro- 
vided, to herd or graze, or cause to be herded or grazed, upon any unen- 
closed lands in the State of Nevada, any sheep or bovine cattle without 
having first obtained from the sheriff of a county in which such herd- 
ing or grazing, or some portion thereof is done, a valid license authoriz- 
ing such herding and grazing in the State of Nevada. Such license 
shall be issued by said sheriff to and in the name of such person or 
corporation upon compliance by him or it with the provisions of section 
2 of this act and shall be valid only for the calendar year in which it is 
dated; provided, that any person or any corporation which does not 
have its principal home ranch and livestock headquarters in the State 
of Nevada, owning in fee simple land in the State of Nevada, shall be 
exempt, from any license or the payment of any license for five (5) 
head of sheep for each acre so owned and three (3) head of bovine 
cattle for each acre so owned. As amended, Stats. 1919, 389. 

276. Conditions precedent to issuing. 

Sec. 2. As conditions precedent to the issuance of said* license, the 
applicant therefor shall : 

1. File with said sheriff an affidavit which shall explicitly and truly 
state the following facts : 

(a) If the applicant is a nonresident person, his name and place of 
residence ; or, if the applicant is a corporation, its name, the state and 
date of its incorporation, its principal place of business, and the names 
and addresses of its officers. 

(b) The location of his or its principal home ranch and livestock 
headquarters. 

(c) The number of acres of land owned in fee simple in the State of 
Nevada, together with a description thereof. 

2. Pay to said sheriff the sum of fifty cents a head for each of the 
sheep and the sum of two dollars a head for each of the bovine cattle 
proposed to be herded or grazed in the State of Nevada, after deducting 
the number of sheep and bovine cattle as exempt from payment of said 
tax. As amended, Stats. 1919, 390. 

277. No larger number allowed than named. 

Sec. 3. No such person or corporation shall herd, graze, or cause 
to be herded or grazed, upon any unenclosed land in any county in 



Nevada, any greater number of live slock than that for which he or 
it lias previously obtained such license. 

278. Sheriff to retain percentage. 

Sec. 4. The sheriff collecting such license moneys shall be allowed 
to retain as his individual compensation and in addition to his salary 
or other fees, six per centum of the said license moneys by him col- 
lected and shall quarterly pay the remainder of such moneys to the 
county road fund. 

279. Penalty for violation. 

Sec. 5. Any person or persons violating any provisions of this act 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and if any such corporation 
shall herd, graze, or cause to be herded or grazed, any live stock in 
violation of any provision of this act it shall be fined in any sum not 
less than one thousand dollars or more than ten thousand dollars, and 
shall be prohibited from herding, grazing, or causing to be herded or 
grazed, any live stock in the State of Nevada until such tine is paid. 



An Act to provide revenue for tlie supp.ort of the government of the 
State of Nevada and to repeal <dl acts and parts of acts in conflict 
herewith. Approved Ma rcii 22, 1915,236 

[Sees. 1 to 15, inclusive, relating to other kinds of licenses, omitted. | 

280. Citizen stock owner exempt to certain number. 

Sec. 16. Every citizen of the State of Nevada, who may be engaged 
in or who may be hereafter engaged in the business of owning, raising. 
grazing, herding, or pasturing sheep or cattle as owner of said sheep 
or cattle, shall be exempt from the payment of the license hereinafter 
provided for, to the number of one thousand (1,000) head of sheep 
or five hundred (500) cattle, or five hundred cattle and sheep. Sub- 
ject to the above exemption, every person or citizen of the State 
of Nevada who may be engaged in or who may hereinafter be engaged 
in the business of owning, raising, grazing, herding, or pasturing cattle 
or sheep as either owner, lessee or manager of said cattle or slice]) in 
any county in the State of Nevada must annually procure a license 
therefor from the sheriff as collector of licenses of the said county 
and make payment therefor as follows, in advance, for each band, 
flock or bunch of sheep or herd of cattle as follows: Thirty-five cents 
(35c) per head for each sheep and one dollar ($1) on each head of 
cattle; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to 
any person, persons, firm, company, association, or corporation who 
owns one or more acres of lands in fee simple in the State of Nevada. 
for each five (5) sheep or three (3) head of cattle so owned, raised. 
grazed, or pastured; and provided further, that the lessee of lands 
shall not be deemed or taken as the owner and holder of lands within 
the meaning of this section; and provided further, that nothing in 
this section shall be construed to require the procurement of more 
than one license for the same sheep or cattle in the State of Nevada 
during the same calendar year. As amended, Stats. 1919, W0. 



281. Grazing license must first be procured. 

Sec. 17. Every person who shall engage in the business of raising, 
grazing, herding, or pasturing of any sheep, as either owner, lessee, or 
manager thereof, within any county of the State of Nevada without 
having first procured a license therefor, as prescribed 'by the preceding 
section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

282. Duties of sheriff as to grazing license — Statement under oath — 

Sheriff to direct suit — District attorney to prosecute. 

Sec. 18. The sheriff, as collector of licenses, of each county of the 
State of Nevada, shall make diligent inquiry and examination concern- 
ing all persons in his county liable to the procurement of sheep-grazing 
licenses under the provisions of this act, and it shall be his duty to 
require each such person to make a statement under oath or affirmation 
in writing over signature (which oath or affirmation shall be imme- 
diately filed by the sheriff with the county auditor) of the number 
of sheep then or about to be owned by him or them or about to be 
in his possession or under his control as lessee or manager thereof 
within such county. Thereupon such person shall procure such license 
from such sheriff, as collector of licenses, according to the class to 
which he shall be shown by the number of such sheep to belong ; and in 
all cases wherein an underestimate of the number of sheep is made by 
the person procuring such license, the person making such underesti- 
mate shall be required to pay a double license for the next year. Such 
license when procured shall authorize the party procuring the same 
within the county wherein the same is procured, but in no other county, 
to transact business as specified in such license, and if any person 
required by the provisions of this act to procure a sheep-grazing license 
shall fail, neglect, or refuse to procure such license in the manner 
herein provided, or shall engage in, or attempt to engage,- in the sheep 
business contrary hereto without procuring such license therefor, the 
sheriff, as collector of licenses, shall direct the commencement of, and 
the district or prosecuting attorney of the county shall immediately 
commence, an action in the name of the State of Nevada as plaintiff 
against such person for the recovery of the license and all damages 
according to the class specified herein to which such person shall be 
proven to belong. 

283. County auditors to prepare grazing licenses. 

Sec. 19. The county auditors of the several counties of this state 
shall prepare and have printed suitable blank sheep-grazing licenses. 
Such licenses shall be in book form, each book to contain ten originals 
and ten duplicates consecutively numbered, with carbon sheets between ; 
the auditor shall deliver such license books to the sheriff as required ; 
provided, such deliveries shall result in the sheriff having no more than 
two of such books in his possession at any one time. The sheriff shall 
receipt to the auditor for all sheep-grazing license blanks received. 

284. Fee of sheriff. 

Sec. 20. The sheriff, as collector of licenses, shall demand and collect 
from the person procuring a sheep-grazing license a fee of two dollars 
for each such license sold by him, in addition to the amount paid for 
such license. 



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285. Sheriff to pay over to treasurer — To receive 20 per cent — Audi- 

tor to check sheriff. 

Sec. 21. All moneys collected for sheep-grazing licenses, less twenty 
per cent (which may be retained by the sheriff as his commission for 
collecting the same), shall on or before the tenth day of each month be 
paid by the sheriff, as license collector, to the county treasurer of the 
county wherein such licenses are collected, and shall be by him placed 
to the credit of the general fund of such county. It shall be the duty 
of the countjr auditor, between the tenth and twentieth day of each 
month, to check the sheriff's returns to the treasurer for the preceding 
month, together with the unused licenses and the duplicate and can- 
celed licenses remaining in his possession. If found correct, the auditor 
shall give the sheriff his clearance, which shall detail the sheep-grazing 
license transactions during the preceding month. 

[Remainder of act, not relating to sheep licenses, omitted.] 

An Act requiring traveling merchants to procure a license, fixing the 
amount thereof, providing penalties for violation hereof, and 
repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith. 

Approved March 22, 1915, 252 

286. Licensing- traveling 1 merchants and peddlers — Nevada products 

excepted. 

Section 1. The term "traveling merchant.** wherever used in this 
act, shall be taken and deemed to mean all merchants entering into 
business at any place within the state for a period of less than six 
months, all persons vending from freight-cars standing on sidetracks, 
all hawkers, venders, peddlers and traveling manufactures except such 
as are engaged in the disposal of products of the soil produced in 
Nevada, poultry, eggs and live stock, and honey produced in Nevada 
and dairy products produced in Nevada, which shall be exempt from 
the provisions of this act. 

287. License from sheriff. 

Sec. 2. All traveling merchants, prior to commencing business, 
shall take out a license from the sheriff of the county wherein they 
desire to transact such business, and shall pay therefor the sum of one 
hundred dollars for each month or fraction thereof. Such license shall 
authorize the purchaser thereof to transact the business of traveling 
merchant within the county designated for the time mentioned therein. 

288. Licenses, in what form issued. 

Sec. 3. The sheriff shall issue such licenses, as ex officio collect or of 
licenses, on the same form used for issuance of licenses to theaters and 
amusements, and all the duties of the sheriff and other county officers 
in connection therewith shall be the same as the duties in connection 
with theater and amusement licenses. The penalties and procedure in 
case of violation hereof shall be the same as the penalties and procedure 
in case of violation of theater and amusement licenses. 

Note — See also : 

An Act relating to cattle, horses, ami ho^s. etc. Sec -4. 

An Act regulating the sheep industry in [lie State of Nevada, etc. Bee. 27. 



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LAWS RELATING TO LIENS ON LIVE STOCK 

Sections 289 - 294 

An Act to secure liens to ranchmen and other persons. 
Approved February 14, 1866, 65 

289. Lien of ranch owner — Misdemeanor to remove stock without 
payment of keep. 

Sec. 3. Any person or persons who shall take and drive away any 
such animal or animals, while in the possession of such ranchman or 
person boarding the same, without having first paid all reasonable 
charges due thereon, and against the consent of such ranchman or 
other person, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor ; and, upon 
conviction thereof, in any court having jurisdiction of the same, shall 
be fined in any sum not exceeding the value of the stock so taken or 
driven away, nor less than fifty dollars ; provided, that nothing herein 
contained shall be so construed as to release the owner or owners of 
said property from the amount of any lien there may be due thereon, 
under and by virtue of this act. 



An Act to regulate the disposition of live stock in settlement of 
pasturage or feed hills. 

Approved March 22, '1913, 25S 

290. Feed bill to be lien on live stock. 

Section 1. Whenever the bill or claim for pasturage or feed for 
live stock shall in the judgment of the person or persons furnishing 
such pasturage or feed equal the value of the live stock pastured or fed 
and the owner or owners of such live stock shall have failed or neglected 
to pay for such pasturage or feed, the person or persons furnishing the 
pasturage or feed may have such live stock appraised by three com- 
petent and disinterested freeholders, and if such appraisement does 
not exceed by ten per cent the amount of the unpaid pasturage or feed 
bill, upon the filing of such appraisement with the county recorder of 
the county in which such live stock is situated, the title to such live 
stock shall vest in the person or persons furnishing such pasturage or 
feed, and he or they shall have the right to sell, subject to the right 
of redemption hereinafter mentioned, the said live stock. 

291. Owner may redeem animals. 

Sec. 2. At any time within one year after the filing of such appraise- 
ment the original owner or owners of such live stock shall have the 
right to redeem such live stock from the possessor thereof by paying 
or tending as payment to such possessor the amount of such appraise- 
ment together with twenty-five per cent of such appraisement addi- 
tional as damages, but should such payment or tender not be made by 



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such original owner within one year after the filing of such appraise- 
ment, the title of the possessor of such live stock shall become absolute. 



An Act to provide for lit n on mart and offspring for st rvict of stallion, 
and to make it a misdemeanor to sell such mart or offspring with- 
out the written consent of the party holding tht lien. 

Approved March 22. 1913, 236 

292. Concerning service of stallions. 

Section 1. The owner or keeper of any stallion may advertise the 
terms upon which he will let such stallion to service, by publication 
thereof in some newspaper of the county where such stallion is kept, 
for sixty days during- the season of each year, or by printed handbills 
conspicuously posted during such period in four or more public places 
in said county, including the place where such stallion is kept ; and the 
publication or posting, as aforesaid, of the terms of such service shall 
impart notice thereof to the owner of any mare served by such stallion 
during the season; and in 'all actions and controversies in respect to 
the foal, the owner of such mare so served shall be deemed to have 
accepted and assented to said terms when so advertised and published 
or posted as provided herein. 

293. Lien on mare and foal, when. 

Sec. 2. When the said terms of such service by any stallion, pub- 
lished or posted as provided in section 1 of this act, shall provide that 
the mare and foal will be held for the money due for the service of such 
stallion, then in that event the owner or keeper of such stallion shall 
have a lien for such sum on .the mare from the time of service and on the 
offspring of the mare served, for the period of one year after the birth 
of such foal, which said lien shall be preferred to any prior lien, encum- 
brance or mortgage whatever; and the publication or posting, as afore- 
said, of the terms of such service shall be deemed notice to any third 
part}' of the existence of such lien. 

294. Misdemeanor, when. 

Sec. 3. Any person who shall sell, convey or dispose of any animal 
upon which there exists a lien, as created in section 2 of this act. with- 
out the written consent of the party holding such lien, and without 
informing the person to whom the same is sold or conveyed that said 
lien exists, or who shall injure or destroy such animal, or aid or abet 
the same, for the purpose of defrauding the lienor, or who shall remove 
or conceal, or aid or abet in removing or concealing such animal, with 
intent to hinder, delay or defraud such lienor, shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor. 
Note — See also : 

An Act relating to cattle, horses and hogs and regulating such stock, etc 

Sec. 11. 
An Act regulating the sheep industry in the state of Nevada, etc Sees 

20, 34, 38. 50. 
An Act providing tor interstate and intrastate quarantine with respect to 

domestic animals and other live stock, etc Sec. 67. 
An Act providing for the hetter prevention, control and extermination of 

infectious, contagious and destructive diseases, etc Sec 7< - .. 
An Act concerning estray animals. Sec 217. 



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An Act relating to trespass of swine, sheep and goats. Sec. 139. 

An Act to prevent the trespassing of animals upon private property. 

Sec. 141. 
An Act to prevent trespass upon real estate by live stock, etc. Sec. 144. 
An Act to prohibit certain live stock from running at large upon the 

streets, etc. Sec. 156. 
An Act to make unlawful the running at large of live stock upon the 

enclosed public roads or highways of certain counties, etc. Sec. 160. 
An Act to authorize any board of county commissioners to pass ordinances 

relating to certain animals running at large. Sec. 162. 
An Act authorizing and empowering boards of county commissioners to 

pass ordinances to prohibit horses, cattle, swine, goats or sheep from 

running at large, etc. Sec. 167. 
An Act concerning unlawful stock. Sees. 168-179. 
An Act regulating the transportation of live stock between points situated 

in this state. Sec. 306. 
An Act providing for the inspection of horses about to be driven or shipped 

out of the state, etc. Sec. 302. 



LAWS RELATING TO THE SHIPMENT AND SALE OF LIVE 
STOCK AND DRESSED CARCASSES 

Sections 295 - 304 



An Act providing for the inspection of horses about to be driven or 
shipped out of the state ; creating the sheriffs of the several coun- 
ties inspectors of horses, and prescribing their duties as such; 
prohibiting the transportation by railroad companies of horses 
without inspection ; and providing penalties for the violation of 
the provisions of this act. 

Approved March 29. 1007. 431 

295. Inspection of horses required before removal from state. 
Section 1. It shall be the duty of every person or persons, firm, 

association or corporation, shipping or driving any horses out of this 
state to hold the same at some convenient place for inspection as here- 
inafter provided by this act, and it shall be unlawful for any person 
or persons, firm, association or corporation to ship, drive or in any 
manner remove beyond the boundaries of this state any herd, band or 
carload of horses until the same shall have been duly inspected as 
hereinafter provided for. 

296. Idem — Railroad companies held liable. 

* Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any railroad company to receive for 
transportation beyond the boundaries of this state any herd, band or 
carload of horses until Ihe same shall have been duly inspected as here- 
inafter provided by this act, and until such railroad company shall 
have been furnished with a certificate by a duly authorized inspector 
of the county in which the shipment is to be made showing that the 
brands upon such horses have been duly inspected as required by this 
act, and any railroad company, or any officer, agent or servant of any 
railroad company who shall violate the provisions of this section shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall 



be fined not less than one hundred dollars and not more than five thou- 
sand dollars, in the discretion of the court. 

297. Sheriffs to be inspectors— Report. 

Sec. 3. The sheriff of each county shall be an inspector of horses 
under the provisions of this act and it is hereby made the duty of the 
sheriff of each county to perform the duties hereinafter provided as 
such livestock inspector, and he shall keep a record of all inspections 
made, giving the name of the owner and shipper of any horses, the 
several brands, the number of the car and the destination of the ship- 
ment. He shall file with the board of county commissioners of his 
county, on the first day of each month, a complete report of all inspec- 
tions made during the month, and shall also furnish a copy of such 
report to the official newspaper of the county, and such report shall be 
published at the expense of the county, and the publisher of such paper 
shall forward a copy of his paper free of charge, containing such 
report, to each of the sheriffs of the state. 

298. Sheriff to give clearance certificate— Expenses. 

Sec. 4. Every person or persons, firm, association or corporation. 
their or either of their agents, servants or employees having charge of 
any horses destined for transportation by rail or to be driven beyond 
the limits of this state, shall make application to the sheriff of the 
county in which such stock is located, or to his duly authorized agent 
to inspect the brand or brands of any such horses, stating in such appli- 
cation the time and place, when and where said horses will be ready for 
inspection ; and it shall be the duty of such sheriff or his deputy so 
notified to attend at the time and place designated in such application 
and inspect said horses, make the necessary record, and give the neces- 
sary certificate required by the provisions of this act, free of charge, 
to the owner of said horses or to said railroad company or corporation ; 
provided, however, that the actual and necessary expenses of the sheriff 
or his deputy, in making such inspection, shall be paid by the county ; 
provided, further, that, in all cases of horses transported out of this 
state by rail, the place of inspection shall be at some stock yard near 
the proposed point of shipment of said horses from this state; and 
provided further, that if the owner or person in charge of said horses 
shall cause any unreasonable delay or loss of time to such sheriff or his 
deputy so notified to attend, such owner or person in charge of any 
such horses shall pay the expenses and salary of such inspector during 
such delay or loss of time not to exceed five dollars per day. 

299. Sheriff to inspect all brands on horses — Report. 

Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the sheriff or his deputy, who shall 
be notified as hereinafter provided, to inspect the brands of all horses 
transported or driven out of this state, and make a sworn report to the 
board of county commissioners of the result of such inspection at least 
once in every thirty days. It shall also be the duty of such sheriff or 
his deputy to furnish any person, firm, association or corporation <>r 
either of their agents, servants or employees, having horses destined 
for transportation by rail or to be driven beyond the limits of this 
state, with a certificate to the effect that lie has duly inspected the 



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brands of all such horses therein enumerated, and that he has a full 
and complete record of such horses. 

300. False certificate ; punishment. 

Sect. 6. Any sheriff or his deputy who shall knowingly make any 
false certificate under the provisions of this act, and who shall know- 
ingly swear falsely as to the truth of any report made by him to the 
board of county commissioners, or who shall accept any bribe or com- 
pensation for the performance or failure to perform the duties pre- 
scribed by this act, shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a felony, 
and be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprison- 
ment in the state prison not exceeding five years, or both, at the 
discretion of the court. 

301. Avoiding- inspection ; punishment. 

Sec. 7. Any person or persons, who shall violate any of sections 
1, 4, and 5 of. this act, or who shall remove any band, herd, or carload 
of horses beyond the limits of this state without having the same 
inspected as required by the provisions of this act, shall be deemed 
guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any 
sum not less than five hundred dollars and not more than five thousand, 
or be imprisoned in the state prison of this state for a period not less 
than one year nor more than three years, or both such 'fine and 
imprisonment. But nothing in this act contained shall be construed 
as in any manner affecting the laws now in force respecting the larceny 
of live stock. 

302. Inspection fee — Lien — Sale of unclaimed horses — Redemption — 

Proof. 

Sec. 8. A fee of twenty-five cents per head shall be charged on all 
horses inspected under the provisions of this act, and such fee or 
charge shall be a lien upon the horses inspected until the same shall be 
paid. Said fees shall be in full compensation for all services rendered 
in making such inspection ; provided, however, that said sheriffs shall 
have power and are hereby authorized to sell all unclaimed horses 
which shall come into their possession while in the discharge of their 
duties as such inspectors in the manner and form now prescribed for 
the advertising and sale of personal property under writ of execution 
and shall pay the proceeds of such sale, less the actual expenses of 
advertising, care and keeping of such unclaimed horses, into the county 
treasury to the credit of the general fund of the county ; provided, 
further, that if ownership of such estrays shall be established to the 
satisfaction of the board of county commissioners of the county in 
which such animals are sold, within one year after the date of notice of 
sale of such unclaimed horses, it shall be the duty of the board of 
county commissioners to cause a county warrant to be issued against 
the general fund of the county in favor of the owner or owners of such 
unclaimed horses in the amount of the net proceeds derived from such 
sale. Proof of ownership shall be hy affidavit of the owner or owners 
and at least one credible corroborative witness. 

Note — This law and an Act relating to cattle, horses and hogs, etc. (Sec. 22), 
concern themselves only with the establishment of the ownership of the stock 
offered for shipment. In addition to tbis, tbe Federal Government, practically 



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all states, and foreign countries require certain examinations and certification 
as to the freedom from contagious, or infectious diseases of stock to be shipped 
interstate and requiring that such inspections be made and health certificates 
issued by qualified veterinarians approved for that purpose by the I'. s. 
Bureau of Animal Industry or the authorities of the State of origin, or both. 
These -requirements change from time to time and vary somewhat according to 
the destination of shipment. Information as to the requirements in effect can 
be obtained from the agents of transportation companies or. in case of doubt, 
from the State Quarantine officer. University of Nevada. Reno, Nevada. 

303. Horse meat — Misdemeanor to sell without informing. 

Sec. 259. It shall he unlawful for any person to sell the meat of any 
equine animal, without informing the purchaser thereof, at the time 
of such sale, that said meat is the meat of an equine animal. Any 
person violating the provisions of this section shall he guilty of a mis- 
demeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall he punished by fine in a 
sum not exceeding fifty dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not 
more than twenty-five days, or both. 

The foregoing is Section 6524, Revised Laws of Nevada L912. 

304. Horse meat — Seller must exhibit hide. 

Sec. 260. It shall be unlawful for any person peddling the meat of 
any equine animal, who is not the keeper of any shop or meat market, 
to sell such meat without having in his possession then and there, and 
upon request exhibiting the hide of such animal containing the brand 
and other marks thereon. Any person violating the provisions of this 
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall 
be punished as prescribed in the next preceding section. 

The foregoing is Section 6525. Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 
Note — See also : 

An Act relating to and requiring the rerecording of brands upon live 

stock. Sec. 206. 
An Act relating to cattle, horses and hogs. Sees. 13, 22. 
An Act regulating the sheep industry in the State of Nevada, etc. Sees. 

36, 37. 
An Act for the prevention of cruelty to animals, etc. Sec. 246. 
Laws relating to railroads in connection with live stock. Sees. 305-312, 
Laws relating to liens on live stock. Sees. 289-294. 
Note — The laws and regulations of the State of Nevada and the Federal 
Government dealing with- the interstate and intrastate shipment and sale of 
dressed meats, meat food products, milk, cream, butter, ice-cream and other 
dairy products which are based on the purity and sanitary condition of same 
are not included in this compilation. For information concerning them com- 
municate with the Commissioner. Division of Food and Drugs Control. Univer- 
sity of Nevada, Reno. Nevada. 



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LAWS RELATING TO RAILROADS IN CONNECTION WITH 
LIVE STOCK 

Sections 305 - 316 



An Act regulating the transportation of live stock between points 
situated in. this state. 

Approved March 16, 1903, 177 

305. Unlawful to confine stock longer than 36 hours. 

Section 1. No railroad company engaged in the transportation of 
cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals between points situated within 
this state, shall confine the same in cars or other vehicles of any 
description, for a longer period than thirty-six consecutive hours, 
without unloading the same for rest, water and feeding, for a period 
of at least five consecutive hours, unless prevented from so unloading 
by storm or other accidental causes, it being the intent of this section 
to prohibit their continuous confinement beyond the period of thirty- 
six hours except upon contingencies hereinbefore stated. 
Note — See also : 

An Act for the prevention of cruelty to animals, etc. Sec. 246. 
Federal Act affecting: interstate shipments limits time to twenty-eight 
hours (43 Stat. L. 607) . 

306. Animals to be watered and fed — Lien for expense. 

Sec. 2. Animals, so unloaded shall be properly fed and watered 
during such rest by the owner or person having the custody thereof, 
or in case of his default in so doing, then by the railroad company 
transporting the same, at the expense of the owner or person in custody 
thereof ; and such company shall, in such case, have a lien upon such 
animals for food, care and custody furnished, and shall not be liable 
for any detention of such animals. 

307. Penalty for violation of act. 

Sec. 3. Any company, owner or custodian of such animals who 
knowingly and willingly fails to comply with the provisions of this act 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof 
in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine of 
not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, 
or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than 
sixty days, nor more than six months, or by . both such fine and 
imprisonment. 



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An Act requiring the giving of notici of live stock killed or injured by 
locomotive or curs, and providing a penalty for failure to give 
notice of live stock so killed or injured, and repealing an act 
entitled "An act requiring railways to give public notice of live 
stock killed or injured by their locomotives or cars: providing a 
penalty for failing or neglecting so to do," approved March 24, 

1911 - Approved March 24, 1913, 296 

308. Killing of animals by railroads to be reported by employees. 

Section 1. Every conductor, engineer, section foreman, or other 
employee of any corporation, receiver, association, partnership, or 
person operating a railroad in this state who has personal knowledge 
of the injury or killing of any live stock of any description by the 
running of any engine or engines, car or cars over or against any such 
live stock, shall immediately report the same by notice in writing to 
the general superintendent or division superintendent of the railroad 
for which he is working, unless he is aware that such notice has already 
been given by some employee of such corporation to such general 
superintendent or division superintendent. 

309. Penalty for employee neglecting- to report. 

Sec. 2. Every conductor, engineer, section foreman, or other 
employee of any corporation, receiver, association, partnership, or 
person operating a railroad in this state that shall fail or neglect to 
comply with the provisions of the preceding section shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in 
any sum not less than twenty -five dollars ($25) nor more than one 
hundred dollars ($100), or be imprisoned in the county jail not less 
than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days, or be punished by 
both such fine and imprisonment. 

310. Railroads to post notice describing live stock killed — Duplicate 

notice filed with county clerk. 

Sec. 3. Every person, association, or corporation operating a rail- 
road within this state, or receiver of an association or corporation so 
operating, that shall injure or kill any live stock of any description by 
the running of any engine or engines, car or cars, over or against any 
such live stock, shall within five days thereafter post for a period of at 
least thirty days at the first railroad station in each direction from the 
place of such injury or killing, a notice in writing in some conspicuous 
place on the outside of such stations, and within ten days after such 
injury or killing of any such live stock file a duplicate of such notice 
with the county clerk of the county in which the stock is injured or 
killed, which notice shall contain the number and kind of animals so 
injured or killed, and a full description of each, with the time and 
place, as near as may be, of such injury or killing, and shall be dated 
and signed by some officer or agent of such person, association or cor- 
poration operating such railroad. 

311. Penalties for railroads. 

Sec. 4. Every corporation, receiver, association, or person which 
shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of the pre- 
ceding section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 






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conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five 
dollars ($25) nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250). 

312. Previous act repealed. 

Sec. 5. An act entitled "An act requiring railways to give public 
notice of live stock killed or injured by their locomotives or cars, pro- 
viding a penalty for failing or neglecting so to do," approved March 
24, 1911, is hereby repealed. 

An Act requiring railroads to construct livestock guards on 
their rights of way. 

Approved March 24, 1917, 399 

313. Railroads must erect guards at crossings. 

Section 1. Every person, lessee, receiver, firm, copartnership, or 
corporation owning, leasing, or operating any railroad in, or through 
any part of, the State of Nevada, shall, wherever a public road or high- 
way crosses the fenced-in right of way of such railroad, construct such 
barriers, guards or other devices as will effectually prevent the 
entrance from such public road or highway on to the said right of way 
of cattle, horses, mules and burros. Such barriers, guards, or other 
devices shall not be placed across, or in any wise obstruct, such public 
road or highway. 

314. Penalty for neglect. 

Sec. 2. If any person, lessee, receiver, firm, copartnership or cor- 
poration owning, leasing, or operating any railroad in, or through any 
part of, the State of Nevada, shall fail to construct such barriers, 
guards, or other devices specified in section one of this act, and any 
cattle, horses, mules, or burros shall be killed, maimed, or injured on 
part of such unprotected right of way, the person, lessee, receiver, firm, 
copartnership or corporation so offending shall pay to the owner, or 
agent of the owner, of any such cattle, horses, mules or burros the full 
market value of such animals as it was before such injury occurred. 

An Act to provide for the maintenance of fences along railroads and 
for damages for the killing of live stock. 

Approved March 24, 1917, 357 

315. Railroads to fence track securely. 

Section 1. Railroad corporations must make and maintain a good 
and sufficient fence on both sides of their track and right of way. " In 
case they do not make and maintain such fence, if their engines or 
cars shall kill or maim any cattle or other domestic animals upon their 
line of road, they must pay to the owner of such cattle or other domestic 
animals a fair market price for the same, unless it occurred through 
the neglect or fault of the owner of the animal so killed or maimed. 

316. Does not apply in cities. 

Sec. 2. Nothing in this act shall require any railroad company to 
fence its right of way through any town or city. 



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LAWS RELATING TO THE POLLUTION OF WATER 

SUPPLIES AND THE EXPOSURE OF POISON- 

OUS WASTE PRODUCTS 

Sections 317 - 327 



An Act for the protection of agricultural hinds. 
Approved December 19, 1S<;2. 107 

317. Obstruction and pollution of streams. 

Section 1. It shall be and is hereby declared unlawful for any 
person or persons being the owner or owners of or being in possession 
of any sawmill, or mills used for the making of lumber, or the owner 
or owners of any slaughter-house, brewery, or tannery, to injure or 
obstruct the natural flow of water in any river, creek, or other stream, 
or to permit any sawdust, chips, shavings, slabs, offal, refuse, tanbark, 
or other offensive matter, to enter therein, so as to damage or corrupt 
the' purity of the water of such stream or streams. 

318. Action for damages. 

Sec. 2. Any city or county government, or any persons or persons, 
being the owner or owners of or in the possession of any agricultural 
lands, who may be injured by reason of the violation on the part of any 
person or persons of the provisions contained in the preceding section, 
shall have the right to commence and maintain an action against such 
person or persons for any damage sustained, in such manner as may 
be provided by law. 

319. Penalty. 

Sec." 3. Any person who shall wilfully and knowingly violate the 
provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be 
punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. 



An Ait authorizing boards of county commissioners of any count;/ in 
this state to institute and maintain suit against persons, firms, 
companies, associations or corporations depositing sawdust in any 

river or stream of this state, and providing far the levy of a tax 

to pug the expenses of the sami . 

Approved March 5, 1887, L25 

320. County commissioners may institute suit to prevent pollution 
of streams. 

Section 1. The board of county commissioners of any county in 
this state are hereby authorized and empowered to institute and main- 
tain suit in any court of competent jurisdiction against any persons, 
firm, association or corporation depositing sawdust in any river or 

stream, the waters of which run partly or wholly in this state 



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321. Tax may be levied for enforcement of this act. 

Sec. 2. The boards of county commissioners of any and all counties 
of this state are hereby authorized and empowered to levy annually 
such tax as in their discretion may be necessary to carry out the pro- 
visions of this act. 



An Act to prevent pollution or contamination of the waters of lakes, 
rivers and streams in the State of Nevada, and prescribing penal- 
ties for the violation thereof, and repealing certain acts in conflict 
herewith. Approved March 27 . 1917 . 412 

322. Pollution of public waters prohibited. 

Section .1. Any person or persons, firm, company, corporation or 
association, city or town who shall deposit, or who shall permit or allow 
any person or persons in their employ or under their control, manage- 
ment or direction to deposit in any of the waters of the lakes, rivers, 
streams, and ditches in or running into or through the State of Nevada, 
or cause to be washed or infiltered into any of said waters, or place or 
deposit where the same may be washed or infiltered into any of said 
waters, any sawdust, pulp, oils, rubbish, filth, or poisonous or delete- 
rious substance or substances which affects the health of persons, fish 
or live stock, or renders said waters unpalatable or distasteful, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof in any 
court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined in a sum not less than 
fifty ($50) dollars, nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars, exclu- 
sive of court costs. 

323. Repeal of certain act. 

Sec. 2. An act entitled "An act to prevent pollution or contamina- 
tion of the waters of the lakes, rivers, streams and ditches in the State 
of Nevada, prescribing penalties and making an appropriation to carry 
out the provisions of this act," approved March 20, 1903, and all acts 
amendatory or supplemental thereto, are hereby repealed. 

An Act to compel the fencing or safeguarding of poisonous solutions 
and compounds, providing damages for injury resulting from 
failure to comply and matters relating thereto. 

Approved March 17, 1919, 74 

324. Ponds of poisonous liquids to be fenced. 

Section 1. Any person who shall maintain, dump, turn or flow or 
cause to be maintained, turned or flowed, 'any solution, compound, 
waste, water, or anything of a liquid nature poisonous or injurious to 
or which might or does kill live stock, into an open ditch, cut, flume, 
pond, reservoir or any place unless such ditch, cut, flume, pond reser- 
voir or place is inclosed by fence or otherwise safeguarded sufficiently 
to prevent live stock gaining access thereto shall be liable for all dam- 
ages caused by or the result of said act or acts. 

325. Penalties. 

Sec. 2. Any person violating section 1 of this act or who fails to 
properly inclose and safeguard any solution, compound, waste, water, 



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or anything of a liquid nature injurious to or which might or does kill 
live stock, maintained, dumped or flowed by him, shall be liable to the 
owner of live stock affected for all damages, the result of his failure to 
inclose and safeguard the said solution, compound, waste, water, or 
anything of a liquid nature, together with costs of suit and counsel 
fees in a reasonable amount, to be fixed by the court trying an action 
therefor. 

326. Words defined. 

Sec. 3. The words "person" and "persons," as used in this act, 
mean and shall be construed to mean and include person, persons, indi- 
viduals, firm, company, copartnership, an association, a corporation, 
and the plurals of each. 

327. In effect June 1, 1919. 

Sec. 4. This act shall be in full force and effect on and after June 
1. 1919. 



LAWS RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF VETERINARY 
MEDICINE, SURGERY, AND DENTISTRY 

Sections 328 - 336 



An Act regulating the practice of veterinary medicine, surgery, and 
dentistry in the State of Nevada; creating the state board of vet- 
erinary medical examiners, and defining their duties; providing 
for the issuing of licenses to practice veterinary medicine, surgt ry, 
and dentistry; defining the practice of veterinary medicine, sur- 
gery, and dentistry; defining certain misdemeanors; and certain 
other matters relating thereto. 

Approved February 21, 1019, 25 

328. Must procure license. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice veterinary 
medicine, surgery or dentistry at any place within the State of Nevada 
after July 1, 1919, without first obtaining a license so to do. as herein- 
after provided. 

329. Governor to appoint board. 

Sec. 2. Within thirty days after the passage and approval of this 
act it shall be the duty of the governor to appoint a state board consist- 
ing of three members, which shall he known as the state board of vet- 
erinary medical examiners, hereinafter called the board. The members 
of the board first appointed shall hold office, one for two years, one for 
three years, and one for four years, as designated by the governor, 
after the date of their appointment ; thereafter one member shall be 
appointed annually for the term of three years. In the event of a 
vacancy occurring in said board, or the absence of any member from 
the state for a period of six months without permission from the gov- 
ernor, the governor may appoint a person duly qualified under this act 
to fill the unexpired term. 



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330. Members to take oath. 

Sec. 3. Each member of said board shall, before entering upon the 
duties of his office, take the constitutional oath of office, and shall, in 
addition, make oath that he is a graduate in veterinary medicine, and 
legally qualified, under the provisions of this act, to practice veterinary 
medicine, surgery and dentistry in the State of Nevada. 

331. Meetings of board — Officers. 

Sec. 4. The said board shall meet at Carson City at the call of the 
governor on the first Monday in May, 1919, and organize by electing 
from its members a president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer 
to serve at the pleasure of the board and designating some convenient 
place within the state as the office of the board. The board shall hold 
regular meetings at their established office on the first Monday of May 
and November of each year. Special meetings of the board may be 
held at the call of the president whenever there is sufficient business to 
come before the board to warrant such action, at any place most con- 
venient to the board. Two members shall constitute a quorum for the 
transaction of business. 

332. Board to adopt rules — Licenses — Fee for license — License 

revoked, when. 

Sec. 5. The board may, from time to time, adopt such rules as it 
deems necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act. Said 
board may examine candidates for license to practice, either in writing 
or orally, or both, in order to determine their qualification^; and issue 
licenses based upon the results of such examination; or may license 
candidates upon the presentation of sufficient proof that they have been 
licensed elsewhere ; provided, that the requirements where such license 
was issued are at least equal to those herein provided. 

Any person who desires to secure the license above referred to shall 
make application in writing to the secretary of the board, accompanied 
by satisfactory proof that he is more than 21 years of age, of good 
moral character, has received a diploma conferring the degree of doctor 
of veterinary medicine, or its equivalent, from a veterinary school or 
college authorized by law to confer such degree, and is possessed of 
professional and educational qualifications at least equal to those 
required for a permanent appointment as a veterinary inspector in 
the bureau of animal industry, United States department of agricul- 
ture, before he may be considered as a candidate for such license. 
Applicants for license shall pay to the secretary the sum of ten dollars 
($10) . If an applicant is denied a license, the fee shall not be returned 
to him. All persons who have engaged in the practice of veterinary 
surgery and medicine in the State of Nevada for a period of four years 
or more immediately prior to the passage of this act shall be exempt 
from taking the above examination and upon proof of such practice of 
veterinary surgery and medicine in the State of Nevada for a period of 
four years or more shall be granted a license for the practice of veteri- 
nary surgery and medicine within the State of Nevada, upon the pay- 
ment to the secretary of such board of the sum of ten ($10) dollars. 

Any member of said board may administer oaths in all matters per- 
taining to the duties of said board, and the board shall have authority 
to take evidence as to any matter cognizable by it. 



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Any license issued by the board may be revoked by them upon satis- 
factory proof that the holder of said license is guilty of unprofessional 
conduct; gross immorality; habitual drunkenness: or is addicted to 
the use of habit-forming: drugs after full and fair investigation of the 
charges preferred against the accused. 

333. Practitioners must register. 

Sec. 6. Every person who may be licensed to practice veterinary 
medicine, surgery, or dentistry within the State of Nevada shall, before 
beginning said practice, register his license with the clerk of the county 
in which he resides. 

334. Treasurer to hold money — No compensation. 

Sec. 7- All money received for licenses shall be held by the treas- 
urer of the board subject to its order. Satd money shall be used to 
meet the expenses of the board for stationery, books of record, blanks 
and other supplies and actual expenses of members of the board in 
attendance upon meetings. Members of the board shall serve without 
compensation, but shall receive their actual expenses in attendance 
upon meetings or in the transaction of other business of the board, in 
so far as the money received from licenses is sufficient therefor, but not 
otherwise. The payment of money from the funds of the hoard shall 
be made upon the written order of the president, countersigned by the 
secretary. 

335. Practice of veterinary medicine denned. 

Sec. 8. For the purposes of this act the practice of veterinary medi- 
cine, surgery or dentistry is defined as follows : 

To open or maintain an office or hospital for consultation or the treat- 
ment or prevention of disease of domesticated animals by means of 
drugs, medicines, surgical or dental operations, the administration of 
sera, vaccines or other biological preparations for the treatment, preven- 
tion, or diagnosis of disease, or otherwise; or to announce to the pub- 
lic or any individual in any way a desire or readiness or willingness to 
perform any of the above-mentioned acts or to perform any of the afore- 
said acts for the doing of which he receives or expects to receive any 
money, fee, salary or any consideration of value. The illegal use. in 
connection with his name, by any person giving veterinary advice or 
performing veterinary services without charge or the expectancy of 
compensation, directly or indirectly, therefor, of the words doctor, 
A r eterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, veterinary dentist, or the 
-letters Dr., D.V.M., V.D.M., M.D.C. V.S.. or any other letters, symbol 
or title, indicating that such person is graduated from some school or 
college which is authorized by law to confer such degree, shall he con- 
strued as constituting the practice of veterinary medicine, surgery or 
dentistry, within the meaning of this act. Nothing in this act shall 
be construed to apply to castrating, dehorning or vaccinating domesti- 
cated animals nor to the gratuitous treatment of diseased animals by 
friends or neighbors of the owner thereof, nor to any person treating 
diseased animals who does not in any way assume to practice as a 
veterinary surgeon; or to debar any veterinarian in the employ of the 
United States government or the State of Nevada from performing 
official duties necessary for the conduct of the business of the United 
States government or the State of Nevada upon which he is assigned; 



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or any veterinarian who shall be called into the state for consultation 
by a person licensed to practice under this act; or any veterinarian 
resident in an adjoining state, near the boundaries of this state, whose 
field for practice properly extends to points within this state, so long 
as the greater portion of his practice is in the state of his residence and 
he does not open or maintain an office or branch office within this 
state, and provided that he is licensed to practice veterinary medicine, 
surgery and dentistry in the state wherein he resides. 

336. Penalty for violation. 

Sec. 9. Any violation of the provisions of this act shall constitute 
a misdemeanor. It shall be the duty of the attorney-general of this 
state and of the district attorneys of the respective counties of this 
state to prosecute violators of this act when requested by the board so 
to do. 

MISCELLANEOUS LAWS RELATING TO THE LIVESTOCK 
INDUSTRY 

Sections 337 - 344 



337. Injury to property. 

Sec. 488. Every person who shall wilfully and maliciously — 

1. Cut down, destroy or injure any wood, timber, grain, grass or 
crop, standing or growing, or which has been cut down and is lying 
upon the lands of another, or of the state ; or, 

2. Cut down, girdle or otherwise injure a fruit, shade or ornamental 
tree standing on the land of another or of the state, or in any road or 
street ; or, 

3. Dig, take or carry away without lawful authority or consent, from 
any lot or land in any city or town, or from any lands included within 
the limits of a street or avenue in such city or town, any earth, soil or 
stone ; or, 

4. Enter without the consent of the owner or occupant, any orchard, 
garden, vineyard or yard, with intent to take, injure or destroy any 
thing there grown or growing ; or, 

5. Cut down, destroy or in any way injure any shrub, tree, vine or 
garden produce grown or growing within any orchard, garden, vine- 
yard or yard, or any framework or erection therein ; or, 

6. Damage or deface any fence or building or part thereof, or throw 
any stone or other missile at any building or part thereof, thereby 
damaging the same in any way ; or, 

7. Destroy or damage, with intent to prevent or delay the use 
thereof, any engine, machine, tool or implement intended for use in 
trade or husbandry ; or, 

8. Untie, unfasten or liberate, without authority, the horse or team 
of another; or lead, ride or drive away, without authority, the horse, 
team, automobile or other vehicle of another from the place where left 
by the owner or person in charge thereof ; or, 

9. Kill, maim or disfigure any animal belonging to another, or expose 
any poisons or noxious substance with intent that it should be taken by 
such animal ; or. 



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10. Intrude or place any hovel, shanty or building upon or within 
the limits of any lot or piece of land within any city or town, without 
the consent of the owner, or within the boundaries of any street, in such 
city or town ; or, 

11. Kill, wound or trap any animal or bird within the limits of any 
cemetery, park or pleasure ground, or remove therefrom or destroy the 
young of any such animal or the egg of any such bird ; or, 

12. Place upon or affix to any real property or any rock, tree, wall, 
fence or other structure thereupon, without the consent of the owner 
thereof, any word, character or device designed to advertise any arti- 
cle, business, profession, exhibition, matter or event ; or, 

13. Suffer any animal to go upon the enclosed right of way of any 
railway company, or leave open any gate or bars so that an animal 
might stray upon such right of way ; 

Shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

The foregoing is Section G753. Revised Laws of Nevada 1912.. 

338. Destruction of property — Trees — Posting bills. 

Sec. 489. Any person who shall wilfully, unlawfully, or maliciouslj* 
break, destroy, or injure the door or window of any dwelling-house, 
shop, store, or other house or building, or the door, window, grating, 
platform, wheels, or other part of any railroad car, or sever therefrom, 
or from any gate, fence or inclosure, any part thereof, or any material 
of which it is formed, or sever from the freehold any produce thereof, 
or anything attached thereto, or pull down, injure, or destroy any gate, 
post, railing, or fence, or any part thereof, or break, destroy, or injure, 
any steamer, or other sailing craft, or cut down, lap. girdle, otherwise 
injure or destroy any fruit or ornamental or shade tree, being the 
property of another, or who shall, without the consent of the owner, 
agent, or occupant of the premises or property herein mentioned, 
deface, disfigure, or cover up any fruit tree, or ornamental tree, fence, 
wall, house, shop, or building, the property of another, by pasting upon, 
or in any way fastening thereto, any printed bill, sign-board, show- 
poster, or other device whatsoever, or who shall, without a written per- 
mit from the board of county commissioners, in the county wherein 
such written permit may be issued, deface, disfigure, or cover up by 
pasting upon, or in any way fastening thereto, any printed bills, sign- 
board, show-poster, or other device whatsoever upon any public build- 
ing, monument, gravestone, ornamental tree, or other object or prop- 
erty under the supervision and control of the board of commissioners 
of the respective counties of this state, or under the supervision and 
control of any municipal government, or of any association or society 
whatsoever, shall for each and every such offense be guilty of a misde- 
meanor. The foregoing is Sec tion 6754, Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 

339. Trespass upon land of another, warning. 

Sec. 500. Ever}' person who shall go upon the land of another with 
intent to vex or annoy the owner or occupant thereof, or to commit 
any unlawful act, or shall wilfully go or remain upon any land after 
having been warned by the owner or occupant thereof not to trespass 
thereon, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Every owner or other occupant of any land shall be deemed to have 
given a sufficient warning against trespassing, within the meaning of 






105 

this section, who shall post in a conspicuous manner on each side 
thereof, npon or near the boundary, at intervals of not more than 
seven hundred feet, signs legibly printed or painted in the English 
language, warning persons not to trespass. 

An entryman on land under the laws of the United States shall be an 
owner within the meaning of this section. 

The foregoing is Section 6765, Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 

340. Hunting on inclosed ground, unlawful, when. 

Sec. 501. It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot or discharge 
firearms or to hunt upon or within any inclosed grounds which are 
private property and where signs are displayed forbidding such hunt- 
ing or shooting, without permission obtained from the owner, or per- 
son in the possession of such inclosed ground. 

The foregoing is Section 6766, Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 

341. Idem — Misdemeanor — Penalty. 

Sec. 502. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the 
next preceding section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine in a sum not less 
than fifty dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, for each and 
every offense, or by imprisonment in the county jail of the county in 
which said conviction is had, for any term not exceeding six months or 
both. T]ie foregoing is section 6767, Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 

342. Destruction of signs or notices, unlawful. 

Sec. 503. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to maliciously 
tear down, mutilate or destroy any sign, sign-board, or other notice 
forbidding hunting, shooting or other trespass within an inclosure. 
The foregoing is Section 6768, Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 

343. Penalty for not closing gates. 

Sec. 504. Any person or persons opening and passing through gates 
or bars when said gates or bars are placed in fences inclosing fields, or 
in fences partly inclosing lands, and not shutting and fastening the 
same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that the 
provisions of this section shall not apply to gates in towns and cities 
nor gates necessary in the approach to any building or works where 
the passing through or into fields or lands is not contemplated- 

The foregoing is Section 6769, Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 

344. Offenses concerning animals ranging in two or more counties — 

Jurisdiction. 

Sec. 64. When a public offense concerns any neat cattle, horse, mule 
or other animal running at large upon any range which extends into 
more than one county of this state, such offense may be prosecuted in 
either of said counties, and upon the trial of any such offense, proof 
that such animal is the property of the owner, or person occupying the 
said range, and was at the time the offense was committed running at 
large upon the range, shall be prima facie evidence that said offense 
was committed within the jurisdiction of the court. 

The foregoing is Section 6914, Revised Laws of Nevada 1912. 



INDEX 

Numbers refer to figures at extreme left of each paragraph which run con- 
secutively through pamphlet, and not to section numbers of original Acts. 



ABATTOIRS— 

See Marks and Brands ; Water. 

ANIMAL— 

Defined under meaning of law relating to prevention of cruelty to, 233. 



APPRAISA 

Of diseased horses, cattle or hogs ordered destroyed, 3. 

Of diseased sheep ordered destroyed. 32. 

Of estray and ownerless animals, 216, 218-222. 

Of live stock for settlement of feed bill, 290. 291. 

Of live stock killed or injured by railroads, 314, 316. 

Of live stock injured or killed by poisonous solutions or compounds. 325. 

APPROPRIATION— 

Temporary, for support of State Board of Stock Commissioners, 16. 
For support of State Rabies Commission, ST. 

ASSESSMENT— 

See Taxation ; Licenses. 

ATTORNEY-GENERAL— 

• To prosecute violators of law relating to practice of veterinary medicine, 
surgery and dentistry, 336. 

B 

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE— 

State Rabies Commission to cooperate with, in control and eradication of 
rabies and noxious animals, 86. 88. 

BIRDS— 

See Cruelty to Animals ; Poultry. 

To kill, maim, wound or trap, unlawful ; penalty, 337. 

BONDS— 

To be furnished by members of State Board of Stock Commissioners, 2. 
Moneys from stock inspection fund may be invested in certain, 4. 
To be furnished by inspectors of State Board of Stock Commissioners, 6. 
To be furnished by members of State Board of Sheep Commissioners, 25. 
To be furnished by inspectors of State Board of Sheep Commissioners, 

26, 29. 
Not required on attachment of property under provisions of act creating 

State Board of Sheep Commissioners, 51. 
To be furnished by inspectors appointed for the control and extermination 

of noxious vermin, 99. 
To be furnished by applicants for permits to kill wild horses, 227. 
To be furnished by owners of transient live stock ; exceptions, 259-263, 270. 

BOUNTIES— 

See Predatory and Noxious Animals. 

BRANDS— 

See Marks and Brands. 

BREEDING STOCK. LAWS RELATING TO— 
Cattle— 

Number of bulls on open range regulated, 101. 

Quality of bulls : certification. 102. 

Erroneous representation of pedigree of, unlawful, 124. 

Spanish bulls to be castrated. 226. 

Penalties for violation of, 103. 124. 



108 

Hogs — 

False representation of pedigree of, unlawful ; penalty, 124. 
Poultry — 

False representation of pedigree of, unlawful ; penalty, 124. 
Sheep — 

False representation of pedigree of, unlawful ; penalty, 124. 
Stallions and Jacks — 

False representation of pedigree of, unlawful, 104, 124. 

Pedigree of, must be posted, 105. 

Registration ; fees ; reports ; exemptions, 106, 115, 118-120, 123. 

.Stallion registration Board for registration of; creation; personnel; 
powers and duties, 107-109. 

License certificates to be obtained for, when ; conditions ; transfer ; 
exemptions, 106, 109, 110, 112-114, 116, 120, 123. 

Importation of, restricted, 111, 121. 

Printing necessary for certification, etc., of, to be done at State Printing 
Office, 122. 

To be castrated, when, 226. 

Service of. to constitute lien on mare and foal. when. 2'.).",. 

Penalties for violation of laws relating to, 104, 105, 117, 124. 

BULLS— 

See Cattle ; Breeding Stock ; Range Stock. 

BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY, U. S — 

For rules and regulations of, see note following Sec. 85. 

State Board of Stock Commissioners authorized to adopt rules and regu- 
lations of, 3. 

State Board of Sheep Commissioners authorized to adopt rules and regu- 
lations of, 45. 

c 

CARCASSES— 

See Marks and Brands ; Water. 
Disposal of, of diseased animals, 59. 

CATTLE— 

See Breeding Stock ; Cruelty to Animals ; Diseased Live Stock ; E stray 
and Ownerless Animals; Herding, Grazing and Driving; Marks and 
Brands ; Range Stock ; Stock Theft. 

State Board of Stock Commissioners given authority to inspect, quaran- 
tine and condemn diseased, 3, 6. 

State Quarantine Officer to inspect, quarantine and treat diseased, upon 
order of State Board of Stock Commissioners, 3, 11. 

Tax on, to be levied by State Board of Stock Commissioners. 4. 

Included in "stock" under law creating State Board of Stock Commis- 
sioners, 9. 

Diseased, to be reported to State Board of Stock Commissioners and 
State Quarantine Officer, 10. 

Vaccinated upon order of State Board of Stock Commissioners, 12. 

State Board of Stock Commissioners to be notified of shipments of foreign, 
into Nevada ; exceptions, 13. 

State Board of Stock Commissioners may employ detectives, conduct 
prosecutions and offer rewards for information leading to appre- 
hension of persons stealing, 19. 

Restrictions as to herding, grazing and driving of, 140, 142, 153. 162, 165, 
182, 183. 

Penalties for violation of laws concerning herding, grazing and driving 
of, 140-142. 154-156, 164, 166. 167, 182, 183. 

Unlawful use of; penalty, 231. 232. 

CLEANING AND DISINFECTION— 

Expense of, when ordered by state officials, lien on property, 3, 6, 11, 2'l. 

29, 34, 38, 67, 76, 77. 
Rules and regulations relating to, by State Board of Stock Commissioners. 

to be published, 3. 
Rules and regulations relating to, by State Board of Sheep Commissioners, 

to be published, 26. 



109 

COMMODITY— 
Defined, 61. 

CONDEMNATION— 

State Board of Stock Commissioners given authority for, of diseased 

cattle, horses and hogs, 3. 
State Board of Sheep Commissioners given authority for, of diseased 

sheep, 32. 
Of diseased live stock, etc., may be ordered by State Quarantine Officer, 67. 

COUNTIES— 

Expenses in connection with quarantines to be paid by, when, 74, 77. 
Expense of publication of ordinances regulating the herding, grazing and 

driving of live stock to be paid by, when, 163. 
Expenses of sheriff in connection with inspection of horses to be paid by ; 

exception, 298. 

COUNTY OFFICERS— 
See Peace Officers. 
Assessor to forward to State Board of Stock Commissioners and State 

Board of Sheep Commissioners report of assessed valuation of live 

stock, 5, 28. 
Treasurer to forward to State Board of Stock Commissioners and State 

Board of Sheep Commissioners report of moneys forwarded to the 

State Treasurer for their support, 5, 28. 
Clerks to receive and report on pelts of animals for which bounties are 

offered by State Board of Stock Commissioners and State Board of 

Sheep Commissioners, 7, 33. 
Commissioners authorized to pay bounties, 93. 

Commissioners authorized to appoint inspectors for control and extermina- 
tion of noxious vermin ; powers and duties, 99, 100. 
Commissioners authorized to pass ordinances regulating the herding, 

grazing and driving of live stock ; publication ; penalty for viola- 
tion. 162-167. 
Recorder, duties of, in connection with marks and brands, 185. 186, 196, 

202. 203. 
Penalty for violation bv recorder, of laws relating to marks and brands, 

187, 199. 
Powers and duties of, in connection with estray and ownerless animals, 

216. 217, 224, 302. 
Powers and duties of, in connection with duties of Nevada Tax Commis- 
sion, 250-253. 
Assessors, together with Nevada Tax Commission, to compose State Board 

of Equalization ; powers and duties, 253-255. 
Powers and duties of, with relation to transient live stock, 257-261, 263- 

268, 271. 
Penalty for violation by, of laws relating to transient live stock, 272. 
Sheriff, powers and duties of. in connection with licensing of herding and 

grazing of cattle owned by nonresidents ; procedure ; conditions, 275, 

276, 278. 
Powers and duties of, in connection with licensing of herding and grazing 

of cattle owned by residents. 280, 2S1, 283-285. 
Sheriff to inspect horses destined for interstate movement ; powers and 

duties ; penalty for improper performance of duties, 297-300. 302. 
Injuries or deaths of live stock caused by railroads to be reported to, 310. 
Powers and duties of, with relation to obstruction or pollution of water 

supply, 318, 320, 321. 

COYOTES— 

See Predatory and Noxious Animals. 

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. LAWS RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF— 
Definitions under meaning of : animals ; torture ; cruelty, 233. 
Keeping a place where animals are fought, instigating or witnessing a 

fight between animals unlawful, 234. 235. 
Overdriving, overloading, torturing, injuring or failing to provide food and 

and water for animals unlawful ; exception. 238, 240, 244. 247, 248, 

305, 306. 



Abandonment of disabled animal unlawful, 239. 

Sale of diseased or disabled animals unlawful, 241, 242. 

Poisoning of animals unlawful, 24.'!. 

Improper care of milch cows unlawful, 24-".. 

Live stock must be unloaded at certain intervals during transportation; 

penalties for violation. 246, 305-307. 
To kill, maim, disfigure, trap or poison animals or birds unlawful, .°..".7. 
Penalties for violation of, 2:54-248, 305-307, 337. 

D 

DAMAGES— 

See Penalties; Lien. 

Liability for, in failure to confine diseased live stock. .~>7. 

Liability for, in false representation of pedigree of breeding stock, 104. 

Liability for, in violation of laws concerning herding, grazing and driving 

of live stock. 128, 131, 132. 134. 135, 140-142. 144, 146, 149, 155, 156. 
For live stock killed or injured by railroads, ol4, 315. 
Liability for, in violation of laws concerning obstruction or pollution of 

water supply. 31S. 
Liability for, in violation of law requiring fencing or safeguarding of 

poisonous solutions and compounds, 324, .'!2r>. 

DENTISTRY— 

See Veterinary Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry. 

DETECTIVES— 

May be employed by State Board of Stock Commissioners: powers and 
duties. 21, 22. 

DISEASED LIVE STOCK— 

See Quarantine. 

State Board of Stock Commissioners authorized to inspect, quarantine, 
treat or condemn (horses, cattle, hogs) ; indemnity, 3, 6, 12. 

State Quarantine Officer may order treatment or destruction of ; indem- 
nity, 3, 67, 71, 76, 77. 

State Quarantine Officer upon order of State Board of Stock Commis- 
sioners to compel inspection, quarantine and treatment of (horses, 
cattle, hogs), 3, 11. 

Reported to State Board of Stock Commissioners and State Quarantine 
Officer, 10, 72. 

Moving without permit unlawful, 14. 41. 

State Board of Stock Commissioners and State Veterinary Control Service 
to cooperate in control of (horses, cattle, hogs), 18. 

State Board of Sheep Commissioners authorized to quarantine, (real or 
destroy (sheep) ; indemnity: seizure of premises, when. I'd. 29, .".2. 
34, 51. 

Importation of (sheep) unlawful. 36. 

(Sheep) to be reported to State Board of Sheep Commissioners. 42. 

State Board of Sheep Commissioners may cooperate with I'. S. Bureau of 
Animal Industry in control of (sheep). 45-47. 

Driving, on highway unlawful, 55, 58. 

Must be confined. 56, 58. 

Sale of. unlawful ; exception. 58, 241. 

Carcasses of ; disposal, 59. 

S;de of Mesh of. unlawful. 60. 

Governor empowered to proclaim and enforce intrastate and interstate 
quarantines concerning. 61, 62, 71. 

State Quarantine Officer may proclaim and enforce intrastate and inter- 
state quarantines concerning, etc.. and take other necessary control 
measures. 62-64, 06. 07. 74-77. 

Penalties for violation of quarantines Imposed upon, by Governor or State 
Quarantine Officer, 65-67, 76, 77. 

Notice and publication of quarantines concerning. 63, 64, 77. IS. 

Governor and State Quarantine Officer to cooperate with Federal author- 
ities in enforcement or quarantines concerning, 66, 67. 

Peace officers to assist state Quarantine Officer in control of, 68, 76. 77. 



— Ill — 

Each section of act providing for intrastate and interstate quarantine for 

'control of, declared independent. 69. 
Entomologist to assist State Quarantine Officer in control of. 70. 
State Quarantine Officer to issue circulars describing diseases of, 73. 
Printing required by State Quarantine Officer concerning, to be done at 

State Printing Office, 78. 
Act regulating sbeep industry, etc., not affected. 79. 
State Veterinary Control Service established for control and treatment of ; 

Director ex officio State Quarantine Officer, 70, Sl-85. 
Disqualified for breeding purposes. 107. 109-111. 
Abandonment of, unlawful ; penalty. 239. 
Penalty for violation of laws concerning, 57. 

DISINFECTION— 

See Cleaning and Disinfection. 

DISTRICT ATTORNEY— 

To assist State Quarantine Officer in enforcement of quarantines and 

collection of costs, 68, 76, 77. 
To assist in collection of expense incurred in control and extermination 

of noxious vermin. 100. 
To have jurisdiction in cases relating to taxation of transient live stock, 

261. 
To prosecute violators of law relating to practice of veterinary medicine, 

surgery and dentistry, 336. 

DRIVING— 

See Herding. Grazing and Driving ; Cruelty to Animals. 

E 

ENTOMOLOGIST— 

To be appointed by Board of Regents of University of Nevada to assist 
State Quarantine Officer, 70. 

EQUALIZATION, STATE BOARD OF— 

How composed ; powers and duties of, 253-258, 267. 

Penalty for failure of, to perform duties required by law concerning 
transient live stock, 272. 

ESCHEATS— 

See Penalties ; Lien. 

Certain portion of money received from sale of impounded animals to 
constitute, 139, 156. 

ESTRAY AND OWNERLESS ANIMALS— 
See Lien ; Escheats ; Penalties. 

Cattle considered, when ; disposal, 141, 162, 216, 217, 219-222, 224-226. 
Goats considered, when ; disposal, 141, 162. 
Hogs considered, when ; disposal, 141. 162. 

Horses considered, when ; disposal, 141, 162, 216, 217, 219-222, 224-226, 302. 
Sheep considered, when ; disposal, 129, 141, 162. 
Money derived from sale of, how appropriated, 223, 302. 
Wild horses, etc.. regulations relative to killing ; penalties for violation, 

227-230. 
Penalties for violation of laws relating to, 216, 21S-222. 224. 

EXPENSES— 

See Lien ; Damages ; Penalties. 

Of members of State Board of Stock Commissioners to be paid, 2. 

Of enforcement of act creating State Board of Stock Commissioners to be 

audited ; how paid, 3. 
Of members of State Board of Sheep Commissioners to be paid, 25. 
Of enforcement of act creating State Board of Sheep Commissioners to be 

audited ; how paid, 25, 26, 39, 48. 
Of members of State Rabies Commission to be paid. 86. 
Of members of State Board of Veterinarv Medical Examiners to be paid, 

334. 



112 

EXPORTATION— 

See Interstate Shipments : Intrastate Shipments. 
Defined. 61. 



FARM— 

Defined, 61. 

FEED BILL— 

Removal of live stock from premises without payment of, unlawful ; 
penalty; redemption. 280-291. 
FELONY— 

See Penalties. 

FENCE— 

See Gates. 
Defined, 147. 

Railroads to make and maintain; penalty for failure, 315, 316. 
To be constructed and maintained around poisonous solutions and com- 
pounds ; penalties for failure. 324, 325. 327. 
Destruction or defacement of, unlawful ; penalty, 337, 338. 

FIELD MICE— 

See Predatory and Noxious Animals. 

FIGHTS— 

Between animals : See Cruelty to Animals. 

FOOD— 

Failure to provide, for animals: See Cruelty to Animals. 

G 

GATES— 

Failure to close, unlawful ; exception ; penalty. 337. 34.">. 

GOATS— 

See Breeding Stock: Cruelty to Animals: Diseased Live Stock: Est ray 

and Ownerless Animals : Herding, Grazing and Driving : Marks and 

Brands ; Range Stock : Sheep ; Stock Theft. 
Considered estrays, when. 141. 
Restrictions as to herding, grazing and driving of, 130. 136, 140. 142, 165, 

166, 172, 182, 183. 
Penalties for violation of laws concerning herding, grazing and driving of. 

131, 132, 137-142, 164, 167, 172, 182. 1S3. 

GOPHERS— 

See Predatory and Noxious Animals. 

GOVERNOR— 

State Board of Stock Commissioners to make report to. 3. 

State Board of Sheep Commissioners to make report to. 26. 

May proclaim and enforce intrastate and interstate quarantines relating 

to diseased live stock, etc., 35, 61, 62, 71. 
Notice and publication of quarantines imposed by, or State Quarantine 

Officer, 63, 64. 77. 
To cooperate with federal authorities in enforcement of quarantines. t;r,. 
Ex officio chairman of State Rabies Commission. 86. 
Stallion Registration Board to make report to, 119. 

GRAZING— 

See Herding, Grazing and Driving. 

GUARDS— 

To prevent entrance of live stock upon railroad rights of way: See 
Railroads. 

To be constructed in certain places: See Poisonous Solutions ami Com- 
pounds. 



113 ■ 

H 

HEALTH, STATE BOARD OF— 

One member of State Rabies Commission to be appointed from, 86. 

HEALTH CERTIFICATES— 

To be issued by inspectors of State Board of Stock Commissioners for 

intrastate movement of horses, cattle and hogs ; conditions, 9. 
To be issued by inspectors of State Board of Sheep Commissioners for 

intrastate movement of sheep, 31. 
To be issued for breeding stock, when, 107, 109-111, 121. 

HERDING, GRAZING AND DRIVING OF LIVE STOCK— 

See Breeding Stock ; Cruelty to Animals ; Diseased Live Stock ; Estray 
and Ownerless Animals ; Marks and Brands ; Range Stock ; Stock 
Theft ; Transient Live Stock. 
Live Stock, General — 

Restrictions as to herding, grazing and driving of, 143, 145, 149-151, 158. 
Penalties for violation of laws concerning herding, grazing and driving of, 

• 143, 146, 149, 152, 159-161, 180, 268, 279, 282. 
Unlawful to allow at large any vicious or dangerous, 180. 
Regulations relative to transient, 256-266, 268-271. 

Regulations relative to herding, grazing and driving of, owned by non- 
residents, 275-278. 
Regulations relative to herding, grazing and driving of, owned by resi- 
dents, 280-285. 
Jurisdiction of offenses concerning, ranging in two or more counties, 344. 
Penalties for violation of laws concerning, 268-272. 
Cattle- 
Restrictions as to herding, grazing and driving of, 140, 142, 153, 162, 165, 

182, 183. 
Penalties for violation of laws concerning herding, grazing and driving 

of, 140-142. 154-156, 164, 166, 167, 182, 183. 
Regulations as to herding and grazing of, by nonresident owners, 275-278. 
Regulations as to herding and grazing of, by resident owners; license; 
exemptions, 280-285. 
Goats — 

Restrictions as to herding, grazing and driving of, 130, 136, 140, 142, 162, 
165, 172, 182, 183. 
Penalties for violation of laws concerning herding, grazing and driving 
of, 131, 132, 137-142, 164, 167, 172, 182, 183. 
Hogs — 

Restrictions as to herding, grazing and driving of, 130, 133, 136, 140, 142, 

162, 165, 172, 182, 183. 
Penalties for violation of laws concerning herding, grazing and driving of, 
131, 132, 134, 135, 137-142, 164, 166, 167, 172-178, 182, 1S3. 
Horses — 

Restrictions as to herding, grazing and driving of, 140, 142, 153, 162, 165, 

168, 171, 182, 183. 
Penalties for violation of laws relating to herding, grazing and driving of, 
■ 140-142, 154-156, 164, 166, 167, 169-171, 182, 183. 
Sheep — 

Restrictions as to herding, grazing and driving of, 125, 127. 136, 140, 142, 

162, 165, 166, 182, 183. 
Regulations as to herding and grazing of, by nonresident owners, 275-278. 
Regulations as to herding and grazing of, by resident owners, 280-285. 
Penalties for violation of laws concerning herding, grazing and driving of, 
126, 128, 137-142, 164, 167, 182, 183, 279. 
HIDES— 

See Marks and Brands ; Predatory and Noxious Animals. 

HOGS— 

See Breeding Stock ; Cruelty to Animals ; Diseased Live Stock ; Estray and 
Ownerless Animals ; Herding, Grazing and Driving ; Marks and 
Brands ; Range Stock ; Stock Theft. 

State Board of Stock Commissioners given authority to inspect, quaran- 
tine and condemn diseased, 3, 6. 



114 

State Quarantine Officer to inspect, quarantine and treat diseased, upon 
order of State Board of Stock Commissioners. ?». 11. 

Tax on, to be levied by State Board of Stock Commissioners, 4. 

Included in "stock" under law creating State Board of Stock Commission- 
ers, 9. 

Diseased, to be reported to State Board of Stock Commissioners and State 
Quarantine Officer, 10. 

Must be vaccinated upon order of State Board of Stock Commissioners, 12. 

State Board of Stock Commissioners must be notified of shipments of 
foreign, into Nevada : exceptions. 13. 

State Board of Stock Commissioners may employ detectives, conduct prose- 
cutions, and offer rewards for information leading to apprehension 
of persons stealing, 19. 

Restrictions as to herding, grazing and driving of, 130, 133, 136, 140. 142, 
102. 165, 172, 182, 183. 

Penalties for violation of laws concerning herding, grazing and driving of, 
131, 132, 134, 135, 137-142, 164, 166, 167, 172-1 IS, 182, 183. 

Considered estrays. when. 141. 

HORSE MEAT— 

Sale of. without informing purchaser, unlawful; penalty. 303, 304. 

HORSES— 

See Breeding Stock; Cruelty to Animals; Diseased Rive Stock: Estray 
and Ownerless Animals; Herding. Grazing and Driving; Marks and 
Brands; Range Stock; Stock Theft. 

State Board of Stock Commissioners given authority to inspect, quaran- 
tine and condemn diseased, 3, 0. 

State Quarantine Officer to inspect, quarantine and treat diseased, upon 
order of State Board of Stock Commissioners, 3. 11. 

Tax on. to be levied by State Board of Stock Commissioners, 4. 

Included in "stock" under law creating State Board of Stock Commis- 
sioners; defined, '•>. 20. 

Diseased, to be reported to State Board of Stock Commissioners and State 
Quarantine Officer, 10. 

Must be vaccinated upon order of State Board of Stock Commissioners, 12. 

State Board of Stock Commissioners must be notified of shipments of for- 
eign, into Nevada ; exceptions, 13. 

State Board of Stock Commissioners may employ detectives, conduct 
prosecutions and offer rewards for information leading to apprehen- 
sion of pei-sons stealing. 19. 

Restrictions as to herding, grazing and driving of, 140. 142. 153, 102. 165, 
10S, 171, 182, 183. 

Penalties for violation of laws relating to herding, grazing and driving of, 
140-142. 154-156, 164, 166, 107. 109-171, 182, 183. 

Wild : See Estray and Ownerless Animals. 

Unlawful use of: penalty, 231. 232. 



IMPORTATION— 

See Interstate Shipments. 
Defined. 01. 

IMPOUNDE D ANIMA LS— 

See Herding, Grazing and Driving: Cruelty to Animals: Peace Officers. 

INDEMNITY FOR LIVE STOCK— 

State Board of Stock Commissioners to pay. for diseased cattle, horses or 
hogs destroyed by their order, such payment to be made either sepa- 
rately or jointly with any county or municipality of the state or the 
U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry. 3. 

Amount of. determined by appraisal: limited. .".. 67. 

Owner not entitled to. when. ."!. f>7. 

state Board of sheep Commissioners to pay, for diseased sheep destroyed 
by their order. :V2. 



1.15 

INSPECTION— 

See Cleaning and Disinfection ; Marks and Brands ; Lien. 

State Board of Stock Commissioners may order, of cattle, horses, hogs, and 

premises, 3, 6, 11, 22. 
Rules and regulations concerning, by State Board of Stock Commissioners, 

to be published, 3. 
State Board of Sheep Commissioners may order, of sheep and premises, 

2G. 29, 31, 34. 38. 
Rules and regulations concerning, by State Board of Sheep Commissioners, 

to be published, 26. 
Of live stock, premises, etc., may be ordered by State Quarantine Officer, 

67, 74-77. 

INSPECTORS— 

Of State Board of Stock Commissioners, powers and duties, 6, 8-11, 21, 22. 

Of State Board of Sheep Commissioners, powers and duties, 26, 29-31, 34, 
38, 39, 41, 42, 45-17, 51. 

Of State Board of Stock Commissioners may cooperate with representa- 
tives of U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry, 45—17. 

May be appointed by Boards of County Commissioners for control and 
extermination of noxious animals ; powers and duties, 99, 100. 

Of hides for marks and brands may be appointed by Boards of County 
Commissioners ; powers and duties ; compensation, 207, 208. 

Of horses for establishment of ownership, sheriffs to be ; regulations, 295, 
297-300, 302. 

INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS— 

See Railroads. 

See note following Sec. 302. 

Of cattle, horses or hogs, to be reported to State Board of Stock Commis- 
sioners ; exceptions, 13.' 

Ownership of animals destined for, to be established upon request, 22. 

Of sheep may be prohibited from certain localities, when, 35, 36. 

State Board of Sheep Commissioners to be notified of, of sheep, 37. 

Of sheep in transit not to be unloaded ; exception, 40, 246. 

State Board of Sheep Commissioners may cooperate with U. S. Bureau of 
Animal Industry in supervision of, of sheep, 45-47. 

Governor may proclaim and enforce quarantine relating to, of diseased 
live stock, etc., 61, 62, 71. 

State Quarantine Officer may proclaim and enforce quarantines relating 
to, of diseased live stock, etc., 62, 66, 67. 

Notice and publication of quarantines relative to, 63, 64. 

Of stallions and jacks without proper certificate, unlawful, 121. 

Animals must be unloaded at stated intervals during; penalty for viola- 
tion, 246, 305-307. 

Of transient live stock, regulations concerning, 256, 257, 259, 266, 268, 269- 
271. 

Regulations concerning inspection of horses destined for ; penalties for 
violation, 295-302. 

INTRASTATE SHIPMENTS— 

See Railroads. 

Health certificates for, of horses, cattle and hogs to be issued by inspec- 
tors of State Board of Stock Commissioners, when, 9. 

Of diseased live stock, unlawful ; exception, 14. 

Health certificates for, of sheep, to be issued by inspectors of State Board 
of Sheep Commissioners, when, 31. 

Governor may proclaim and enforce quarantines relating to, of diseased 
live stock, etc., 61, 62, 71. 

State Quarantine Officer may proclaim and enforce quarantines relating 
to, of diseased live stock, etc., 62, 66, 67. 

Notice and publication of quarantines concerning, 63, 64. 

Animals must be unloaded at stated intervals during ; penalty for viola- 
tion, 246, 305-307. 

Of transient live stock, regulations relative to, 256, 257, 259-261, 264-266, 
268-271.. 



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JACKASSES— 

See Horses ; Breeding Stock ; Range Stock. 

JENNETS— 

See Horses. 

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE— 

To receive and report on pelts of animals for which bounties are offered, 
90-92. 

To have jurisdiction of certain cases of violation of laws relating to herd- 
ing, grazing and driving of live stock, 141. 

To have jurisdiction of certain cases of violation of laws relating to marks 
and brands of live stock, 187. 

To have jurisdiction of certain cases relating to estray and ownerless 
animals ; powers and duties, 216, 217, 224. 

L 

LABORATORIES— 

Of State Veterinary Control Service to be used by State Board of Stock 

Commissioners. 18. 
Of State Veterinary Control Service established. 81-85. 

LAKES— 

See Water. 

LARCENY— 

See Penalties. 

LEGAL SERVICES— 

State Board of Stock Commissioners may procure. 19. 
State Board of Sheep Commissioners may procure, 44. 
Fees for, in foreclosure of liens, to be allowed, 50. 

LICENSES— 

See Breeding Stock ; Herding, Grazing and Driving ; Nevada Tax Com- 
mission ; Taxes. 

Nonresident owners must obtain, for herding or grazing live stock; pro- 
cedure ; conditions ; penalty for violation. 275-279. 

Citizen owners must procure, for herding and grazing cattle or sheep ; 
certain exemptions ; procedure. 280-285. 

Traveling merchants must obtain ; exceptions ; penalty for failure to 
obtain, 286-288. 

Must be obtained for practice of veterinary medicine, surgery and den- 
tistry : procedure, 328. 332, 333. 
LIEN— 

See Penalties ; Damages. 

Expense of cleaning and disinfection of premises and treatment of cattle, 
horses or hogs ordered by State Board of Stock Commissioners and 
State Quarantine Officer to constitute, until paid by owner, 3, 6, 11. 

Expense of cleaning and disinfection of premises and treatment of sheep 
by State Board of Sheep Commissoners to constitute, until paid by 
owner, 26, 29, 34, 38, 40. 

How foreclosed, under Act creatine State Board of Sheep Commissioners, 
50. 

Property attached, when, under Act creating State Board of Sheep Com- 
missioners, 51. 

Expense of cleaning and disinfection, etc.. of live stock or premises 
ordered by State Quarantine Officer to constitute, until paid by 
owner, 67. 76, 77. 

Expense of extermination of noxious vermin. t<> constitute, until paid by 
owner. 99. 100. 

Damages resulting from violation of certain laws concerning herding, 
grazing and driving of live stock, to constitute, 144. 

Removal of live stock from premises without payment of keep, to con- 
stitute: penalty; disposal; redemption, 289-291. 



Service of stallion, to constitute, on mare and foal, when, 292, 293. 
Penalty for sale, removal or destruction of animals upon which there 

exists a, 294. 
Fee for inspection of horses bv sheriff, to constitute, until paid by owner, 
- 302. 
LYNX— 

See Predatory and Noxious Animals. 



M 

MARKS AND BRANDS: THE USE AND RECORDING OF, OF LIVE 
STOCK, AND HIDE INSPECTION— 
Of cattle, horses and hogs to be inspected by inspectors of State Board 

of Stock Commissioners, when, 22. 
Of sheep, to be described in health certificates by inspectors of State Board 

of Sheep Commissioners, 31. 
Certain classes of live stock must have particular, 184, 188, 192. 
Regulations as to recording, 185, 186, 190, 192, 194-197, 200-205. 
Regulations as to ownership of, 188, 189, 192, 201, 206, 214, 215. 
Regulations as to form of, 184, 191, 194, 195, 197. 
Boards of county commissioners to appoint inspectors of hides for, when ; 

powers and duties of inspectors ; compensation, 207, 208. 
Obliteration or removal of, or possession of hides from which marks or 

brands have been removed, unlawful, 210, 211, 304. 
Failure to exhibit hides or keep records of, unlawful, when, 212, 213, 304. 
Imitation of, unlawful, 214. 

To constitute prima facie evidence of ownership, 215. 
Regulations as to inspection of, of horses, 295-302, 304. 
Penalties for violation of laws concerning, 187, 190-193. 198, 199, 210-214, 

296, 298, 300, 301, 304. 

MEDICINE— 

See Veterinary Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Practice of. 

MEETINGS— 

Of State Board of Stock Commissioners, 2. 

Of State Board of Sheep Commissioners, 25. 

Of Nevada Tax Commission, 251. 

Of State Board of Equalization, 253. 

Of State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, 331. 

MERCHANTS, TRAVELING— 

Must obtain license ; exceptions ; penalty for failure to obtain such license, 
286-288. 

MISDEMEANOR— 

See Penalties. 

MOUNTAIN LIONS— 

See Predatory and Noxious Animals. 

MULES— 

See Horses. 

N 

NEVADA TAX COMMISSION — 
See Taxes. 

Powers and duties of, 250-255. 

To compose, with county assessors, State Board of Equalization ; powers 
and duties, 253-255. 

NONRESIDENTS— 
See Owners. 

NOTICES— 

See Signs. 



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OATH— 

See Office, Oath of. 

OFFICE— 

To he maintained by State Board of Stock Commissioners, 3. 

To he maintained by State Board of Sheep Commissioners, 26. 

To be maintained by Nevada Tax Commission. 251. 

To be maintained by State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. 331. 

OFFICE. OATH OF— 

To be taken by members of State Board of Stock Commissioners, -. 

To be taken by members of State Board of Sheep Commissioners. 25. 

To he taken by inspectors appointed for the control and extermination of 
noxious vermin. 00. 

To be taken by members of State Board of Veterinary Medical Exami- 
ners, 330. 

OFFICE, TENURE OF— 

Of members of State Board of Stock Commissioners, 2. 

Of members of State Board of Sheep Commissioners, 25. 

Of members of State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. .".!".). 

OVERDRIVING— 

See Cruelty to Animals. 

OVERLOADING— 

See Cruelty to Animals. 

OWNERLESS ANIMALS— 

See Estray and Ownerless Animals. 

OWNERS— 

See Marks <and Brands. 
Defined. 43. 

Nonresident, must obtain license for herding or grazing live stock; pro- 
cedure: conditions: penalty for violation. 275-270. 
Resident, must procure license for herding or grazing cattle and sheep: 
certain exemptions: procedure, 280-285. 

P 

PEACE OFFICERS— 

Inspectors of State Board of Stock Commissioners to have power and 
authority of. 6, 47. 

Inspectors of State Board of Sheep Commissioners to have power and 
authority of, 29. 

To assist representatives of 1". S. Bureau of Animal Industry upon 
request. 47. 

State and county, to assist State Quarantine Officer in enforcement of 
quarantines, 68, 76, 77. 

Live stock to he impounded by, when. 137, 154, 159, 162, 167. 170. 171. 

Penalty for failure to enforce laws relating to herding, grazing and driv- 
ing of live stock. 157. 

Sale of impounded live stock by, when: procedure, 130. 156, 160, L67, 170, 
171. 175-17S. 

Penalty for improper diversion of funds by, 170. 

Authorized to kill animals, when. 239. 

PEDDLERS— 

See Marks and Brands. 

Must obtain license: exceptions; penalty for failure to procure license, 

286-288. 

PEDIGREE— 

See Breeding Stock. 

PELTS— 

See Predatory and Noxious Animals. 



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PENALTIES— 

See Lien : Damages ; Escheats. 

For violation of Act creating State Board of Stock Commissioners, 12, 

17. 22. 
For violation of Act creating State Board of Sheep Commissioners. 34-38, 

40-43, 45-17, 49. 
For failure to confine diseased live stock, 57, 58. 
For selling diseased live stock, 58. 

For failure to dispose properly of carcasses of diseased animals, 59. 
For sale of flesh of animal known to be diseased, 60. 
For violation of quarantines, 65-67, 76, 77. 
For failure to report diseased live stock, etc., 10, 72. 
For violation of laws concerning breeding stock, 104, 105, 117. 121, 124. 
For violation of laws relating to herding, grazing and driving of cattle, 

140-142, 154-156, 164, 166, 167, 182, 183. 
For violation of laws relating to herding, grazing and driving of goats, 

131, 132, 137-139, 141, 142, 164, 166, 167, 172, 182, 183. 

For violation of laws relating to herding, grazing and driving of hogs, 131, 

132, 134, 135, 137-139, 141, 142, 164, 166, 167, 172-178, 182, 183. 

For violation of laws relating to herding, grazing and driving of horses, 

140-142, 154-15(5. 164, 166, 167, 169-171, 182, 183. 
For violation of laws relating to herding, grazing and driving of sheep, 

126, 128, 137-139, 141, 142, 164, 166, 167, 182, 1S3. 
For violation of laws relating to herding, grazing and driving of live 

stock. 103. 144, 146, 149, 152, 159-161, 180. 
For failure of peace officers to enforce laws concerning herding, grazing 

and driving of live stock, 157. 
For improper diversion, by peace officers, of moneys derived from sale of 

impounded animals, 179. 
For allowing at large any vicious or dangerous live stock, ISO. 
For violation of law concerning shearing of sheep, 181. 
For violation by county recorder of laws relating to marks and brands, 187. 
For violation of laws relating to marks and brands, 187, 190-193, 198, 199, 

210-214, 296, 298, 301. 
For stock theft, 210, 211, 337. 
For violation of laws concerning estray and ownerless animals, 216, 218- 

222, 224, 226, 227, 230. 
For violation by justice of the peace of laws concerning estray and owner- 
less animals, 216. 
For .unlawful use of domestic animals. 231. 232. 
For violation of law concerning prevention of cruelty to animals, 234-248, 

305, 306, 337. 
For violation of laws concerning transient live stock, 268-271. 
For violation by state or county officers of laws concerning transient live 

stock, 272. 
For violation of laws concerning herding and grazing of live stock owned 

by nonresidents. 279. 
For violation of laws concerning herding and grazing of live stock owned 

by residents, 281. 
For violation of laws concerning licensing of traveling merchants, 288. 
For failure to pay feed bill for live stock, 289, 290. 
For sale, removal, .concealment or destruction of animal upon which there 

exists a lien, 294. 
For violation of regulations concerning inspection of horses destiued for 

interstate movement, 296, 298, 301. 
For violation by sheriff of regulations concerning inspection of horses 

destined for' interstate movement, 300. 
For violation of law concerning sale of horse meat, 303, 304. 
For failure to unload, feed and water" animals at stated intervals during 

transportation, 246, 306, 307. 
For violation of regulations concerning publication of deaths or injuries of 

live stock caused by railroads, 309, 311. 
For failure of railroads to construct and maintain livestock guards and 

fences, 313-315. 



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For obstruction or pollution of water. 318-320, 322. 324. 325. 

For failure to fence or safeguard poisonous solutions and compounds, 

324, 325. 
For violation of law concerning practice of veterinary medicine, surgery 

and dentistry, 332, 336. 
For violation of laws concerning fences, gates, signs and notices, 337, 338. 

342, 343. 
For trespass by persons, 341. 

PERSON— 

Denned, 273. 326. 

PLANTS— 

Defined, 61. 

POISONING— 

See Cruelty to Animals; Poisonous Solutions or Compounds: Water. 

POISONOUS SOLUTIONS OR COMPOUNDS— 

Must be fenced or safeguarded; penalties for failure. 324. 32"). :;i'7. 337. 

POULTRY— 

See Breeding Stock ; Diseased Live Stock. 

PREDATORY AND NOXIOUS ANIMALS— 

Bounties for, may be offered by State Board of Stock Commissioners ; 

conditions. 7. 
Bounties for, may be offered by State Board of Sbeep Commissioners ; 

conditions, 33. 
Creation of State Rabies Commission for control of rabies and destruction 

of ; personnel ; funds ; duties, S6-88. 
Bounties offered for destruction of certain ; process of collection, 89-98. 
Boards of county commissioners authorized to appoint inspectors Cor 

control and extermination of. and noxious vermin : powers and 

duties, 99, 100. 

PRINTING— 

Required by State Quarantine Officer, to be done at State Printing Office, 78. 
Required by Stallion Registration Board, to be done at State Printing 
Office, 122. 

PUNISHMENT— 
See Penalties. 

PURE FOOD— 

See note following Sec. 304. 

Q 

QUARANTINE— 

See State Quarantine Officer; Diseased Live Stock; Interstate Shipments; 
Intrastate Shipments. 

State Board of Stock Commissioners given authority for, of cattle, horses 
and hogs ; State Quarantine Officer to assist in enforcing, upon order 
of Board, 3, 6, 11. 

Rules and regulations of State Board of Stock Commissioners concerning, 
to be published, 3. 

State Board of Sheep Commissioners given authority for, of sheep, 2<',. 29, 
34, 51. 

To be placed by Governor upon importation of sheep from certain locali- 
ties, when, 35. 

Breaking, defined under Act creatine; State Board of Sheep Commissioners, 
52. 

Governor may proclaim and enforce interstate and intrastate, relating to 
diseased live stock, etc., 35, 61, 62. 71. 

State Quarantine Officer may proclaim interstate and intrastate, concern- 
ing diseased live stock, etc., 62, 66, 67, 74. 75, 77. 

Notice and publication of, 63. 64, 77, 78. 

Governor and State Quarantine Officer to cooperate with federal authori- 
ties in enforcement of. tic. 

Peace officers to assist State Quarantine Officer in enforcement <>l". 88, 7t'>. 



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121 - — 

Expense in connection with, to be paid by county, when, 74, 77. 
Printing necessary for, to be done at State Printing Office, 78. 
Penalties for violation of, 65-67, 76, 77. 

QUARANTINE OFFICER, STATE— 
See Diseased Live Stock. 
State Board of Stock Commissioners authorized to delegate to, full power 

to inspect, quarantine and condemn diseased live stock, 3. 
To approve rules and regulations adopted by State Board of Stock Com- 
missioners, 3. 
Destruction of diseased animals may be recommended by, 3, 67. 
Upon order of State Board of Stock Commissioners, to quarantine and 

treat live stock and compel cleaning and disinfection of premises, 

3, 11. 
Diseased live stock to be reported to, 10, 72. 
Diseased live stock to be moved only on permit of, or State Board of Stock 

Commissioners, 14. 
May proclaim and enforce interstate and intrastate quarantines relative to 

movement of diseased live stock, etc., and take all other control 

measures necessary, 62, 66, 67, 74-77. 
Notice and publication of quarantines imposed by, or Governor, 63, 64, 77. 
To cooperate with federal authorities in enforcement of quarantines, 66. 
Peace officers to assist, in enforcement of quarantines, 68, 76, 77. 
Director of State Veterinary Control Service to be, 70, 83-85. 
To issue circulars describing diseases of live stock, 73. 
Printing required by, to be done at State Printing Office, 78. 

R 

RABIES COMMISSION, STATE— 

See Predatory and Noxious Animals. 
Creation of ; personnel ; compensation, 86. 
Appropriation for support of, 87. 

To cooperate with Biological Survey, U. S. Department of Agriculture, for 
control and eradication of rabies and noxious animals, 86, 88. 

RAILROADS— 

See Cruelty to Animals ; Interstate Shipments ; Intrastate Shipments. 
Regulations relative to publication of deaths or injuries of live stock 

caused by ; penalties for violation, 308-311. 
To construct and maintain livestock guards and fences on rights of way; 

penalty for neglect, 313-316, 337. 

RANGE STOCK— 

See Breeding Stock; Diseased Live Stock ;Estray and Ownerless Animals; 
Herding, Grazing and Driving; Marks and Brands; Stock Theft; 
Transient Live Stock. 
Cattle— - 

Number and quality of bulls required, 101, 102. 

Not to be taken from range, when ; penalty, 182. 

Spanish bulls to be castrated, 226. 

Jurisdiction of offenses concerning, ranging in two or more counties, 344." 

Penalties for violation of laws relating to, 103, 182. 
Goats — 

Not to be taken from range, when ; penalty, 182. 

Jurisdiction of offenses concerning, ranging in two or more counties, 344. 
Hogs — 

Not to be taken from range, when ; penalty, 182. 

Jurisdiction of offenses concerning, ranging in two or more counties, 344. 
Horses — 

License and registration of stallions and jacks not required, 120. 

Stallions and jacks to be castrated, when, 226. 

Not to be taken from range, when ; penalty, 182, 228, 229. 

Jurisdiction of offenses concerning, ranging in two or more counties, 344. 
Sheep — 

Not to be taken from range, when ; penalty, 182. 

Jurisdiction of offenses concerning, ranging in two or more counties, 344. 



RECORDS— 

Sec Marks and Brands. 

To be kept by State Board of Stock Commissioners and its inspectors. 6, 

To be kept by State Board of Sbeep Commissioners and its inspectors, 20. 

To be kept by owners of abattoirs; penalty for neglect, 212. 

Concerning estray and ownerless animals, to be kept by county officers. 217. 

REPEAL— 

Of Act regulating the sheep industry in the State of Nevada, creating a 

State Board of Sheep Commissioners." etc., 53. 
Of Act providing for the appointment of a State Veterinarian. 80. 
Of Act providing for the appointment of inspectors of hides, etc., 200. 
Of certain sections of an Act concerning crimes and punishments relating 

to cruelty to animals. 249. 
Of certain sections of an Act to provide revenue, and an Act defining and 

classifying transient stock, 274. 
Of Act requiring railways to give public notice of live stock killed or 

injured by locomotives or cars, 312. 
Of Act to prevent pollution or contamination of the waters of the lakes, 

rivers, etc., of Nevada, 323. 
REPORTS— 

To Governor by State Board of Stock Commissioners. .",. 

By county officers to State Board of Stock Commissioners. 5. 7. 

By inspectors of State Board of Stock Commissioners, 6. 8, 22. 

To Governor by State Board of Sheep Commissioners, lit;. 

By county officers to State Board of Sheep Commissioners, 27, 28, 33. 

By inspectors of State Board of Sheep Commissioners. 29, 30. 

To Governor by Stallion Registration Board. 110. 

RESIDENTS— 

See Owners. 

REWARDS— 

See Stock Theft. 

State Board of Stock Commissioners may offer, for information leading to 
apprehension of persons stealing cattle, horses, or hogs, 10. 

RODENTS— 

See Predatory and Noxious Animals. 

KITES AND REGULATIONS— 

State Board of Stock Commissioners empowered to make, governing itself 

and for the enforcing of the provisions of the Act creating it; publi- 
cation of, 3, 6. 
State Board of Stock Commissioners empowered to adopt, of the I". S. 

Bureau of Animal Industry, 3. 
Of State Board of Stock Commissioners to be published, 3. 
Penalty for violation of, of State Board of Stock Commissioners. 12. 
Of State Board of Stock Commissioners: See uote following Sec. 23. 
State Board of Sheep Commissioners empowered to make, governing itself 

and for enforcing the provisions of the Act creating it ; publication 

of. 2(». 34. 37. 
State Board of Sheep Commissioners empowered to adopt, of U. S. Bureau 

of Animal Industry, 45. 
Of State Board of Sheep Commissioners: See note following Sec. .">4. 
Of Bureau of Animal Industry: See note following Sec. 85. 
For control and eradication of predatory and noxious animals, to be made 

by State Rabies Commission and Biological Survey. 88. 

RUSTLING— 

See Stock Theft. 

S 
SALARIES— 

Of members of state Board of stock Commissioners, 2. 

Of inspectors of State Board of Stock Commissioners, to be paid from 

stock inspection fund, 3, 6, 21. 
or Secretary of state Board of stock Commissioners, 15. 
Of joint employees of stale Hoard of stock Commissioners and state 
Veterinary Control Service, 18. 



Of members of State Board of Sheep Commissioners. 25. 

Of inspectors of State Board of Sheep Commissioners, 26, 29, 39, 48. 

Of Secretary of State Board of Sheep Commissioners, 26. 

Of members of State Rabies Commission. 86. 

-Of inspectors of hides appointed by boards of county commissioners. 

207. 208. 
Of members of State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, 334. 

SCHOOL FUND— 

Money from sale of certain animals to be used for benefit of, 171, 178, 223. 

SECRETARY— 

Of State Board of Stock Commissioners. 15. 
Of State Board of Sheep Commissioners. 26. 
Of State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, 331. 

SHEARING— 

See Sheep. 

SHEEP— 

See Breeding Stock ; Cruelty to Animals ; Diseased Live Stock ; Estray 

and Ownerless Animals ; Herding, Grazing and Driving ; Marks and 

Brands ; Range Stock ; Stock Theft. 
State Board of Sheep Commissioners to have exclusive control of all 

matters relating to, 26. 
State Board of Sheep Commissioners authorized to quarantine and treat, 

26, 29. 33. 
Tax on, to be levied by State Board of Sheep Commissioners, 26. 
Defined, under Act creating State Board of Sheep Commissioners. 31. 
Destruction of diseased, may be ordered by State Board of Sheep Com- 

sioners : indemnity, 32. 
To be dipped, when. 34. 37, 38. 
Interstate shipments of. not to be unloaded in transit ; exceptions, 40, 246, 

305-307. 
Provision for movement of diseased, 41. 

Infection of, to be reported to State Board of Sheep Commissioners. 42. 
Restrictions as to herding, grazing and driving of, 125, 127, 136, 140, 142, 

162, 165, 166, 182, 183. 
Considered estrays. when. 129, 141. 
Penalties for violation of laws relating to herding, grazing and driving of, 

126, 128, 137-142. 164, 167, 182, 183. 
Shearing of, within limits of cities or towns, unlawful ; penalty, 181. 

SHEEP COMMISSIONERS, STATE BOARD OF— 

Creation ; personnel ; oath ; bond ; compensation ; meetings ; officers, 24-26, 

48. 
General powers and duties of, 26, 29, 44-47. 

Tax for sheep inspection fund to be levied by ; use of funds, etc., 27, 48, 54. 
County officers to make certain reports to, 28. 
Inspectors may be appointed bv : compensation ; powers and duties, 26, 29, 

30. 31. 34. 39, 48. 
Bounties may be offered by, 33. 
Powers and duties of, relative to diseased sheep, quarantines, etc., 32, 35- 

38. 40-42, 51, 52. 
Owners defined under Act creating, 43. 
Foreclosure of liens under provisions of Act creating, 50. 
Former Act creating, repealed, 53. 

One member of State Rabies Commission to be appointed from. 86. 
Penalties for violation of Act creating, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 47, 49, 51. 

SHEEP INSPECTION FUND— 

Moneys derived from tax levied by State Board of Sheep Commissioners 

to constitute ; how used, 26. 27. 39, 48. 
Continued, 54. 

SIGNS AND NOTICES— 

Restrictions as to posting, defacing and destroying ; penalties for viola- 
tion, 337-342. 



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SKINS— 

See Predatory and Noxious Animals ; Marks and Brands. 

SQUIRRELS— 

See Predatory and Noxious Animals. 

STALLIONS— 

See Horses ; Breeding Stock ; Range Stock. 

STALLION REGISTRATION BOARD— 

Creation ; personnel ; powers and duties, 106-110, 115, 116, 118, 119. 

STOCK COMMISSIONERS, STATE BOARD OF— 

Creation ; personnel ; oath ; bond ; compensation ; meetings ; officers, 1, 2, 3, 

15. 
General powers and duties of, 3. 4, 6. 11. 
Tax for stock inspection fund to be levied by ; investment of funds, etc., 

4, 16. 
County officers to make certain reports to, 5. 
Inspectors and detectives may be appointed by ; powers and duties, 6, 8, 9, 

21, 22. 
Bounties may be offered by, 7. 
Stock under jurisdiction of. denned, 9, 20. 
Diseased animals to be reported to, 11. 
Powers and duties of, relative to diseased live stock, quarantines, etc., 11, 

12, 14. 
Notification of entry of foreign stock into Nevada, to be sent to, 13. 
To cooperate with State Veterinary Control Service, IS. 
May prosecute stock thieves and offer rewards for their apprehension, 19. 
Each section of Act creating, to be independent, 23. 
One member of State Rabies Commission to be appointed from, 86. 
Penalties for violation of Act creating, 12, 17. 

STOCK INSPECTION FUND— 

Moneys derived from tax levied by State Board of Stock Commissioners 
to constitute ; use, 4, 21. 

Report of moneys collected for, to be forwarded by county officers to 
State Board of Stock Commissioners. 5. 

Temporary appropriation for support of State Board of Stock Commis- 
sioners to be repaid from, 16. 

STOCK THEFT— 

See Marks and Brands ; Penalties. 

State Board of Stock Commissioners may employ detectives, conduct 
prosecutions and offer rewards for information leading to apprehen- 
sion of persons guilty of, 19, 21, 22. 

Defined, 210, 337. 

Penalties for, 210, 211, 337. 

STREAMS— 
See Water. 

SURGERY— 

See Veterinary Medicine. Surgery and Dentistry. Practice of. 

SWINE— 

See Hogs. 

T 

TANES— 

See Licenses ; Nevada Tax Commission. 

To be levied on cattle, horses and hogs by State Board of Stock Commis- 
sioners, 3, 4. 

To be levied on sheep by State Board of Sheep Commissioners, 26. 27. 

Levied for support of State Rabies Commission. 87. 

To be levied by Nevada Tax Commission. 250-252. 255. 

Property valuations for levying, to be adjusted by State Board of Equali- 
zation ; exception. 253-255, 267. 



Regulations for levying, on transient live stock ; penalties for violation, 

256-261. 263-271. 
May be levied by boards of county commissioners for enforcement of law 
relating to obstruction or pollution of water supply, 321. 
THEFT— 

See Stock Theft. 

TORTURE— 

Denned, under meaning of law relating to prevention of cruelty to ani- 
mals, 233. 

TRANSIENT LIVE STOCK— 
Denned, 256. 

Owners of, to file bond ; exception. 259-262. 
Regulations concerning, with relation to taxation, 256, 257, 259-261, 263- 

271. 
Person defined, under laws relating to, 273. 
Penalties for violation of laws concerning, 268-271. 
Penalty for violation of laws concerning, by county or state officials, 272. 

TREES— 

Defined, 61. 

TRESPASS— 

See Herding, Grazing and Driving ; Penalties. 
By persons, unlawful ; penalty, 339-341. 

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UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA— 

State Board of Stock Commissioners to cooperate with State Veterinary 

Control Service of, 18. 
Director of State Veterinary Control Service to be designated as State 

Quarantine OfBcer by President and Board of Regents of, 70, 83-85. 
State Veterinary Control Service, to be established and maintained under 

direction of President and Board of Regents of, 81-85. 

UNLOADING— 

Of animals in transit : See Interstate Shipments ; Intrastate Shipments ; 
Cruelty to Animals. 

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VACCINATION— 

See Diseased Live Stock. 

VERMIN— 

See Predatory and Noxious Animals. 

VETERINARIAN— 

To notify State Board of Stock Commissioners and State Quarantine 

OfBcer relative to diseased live stock, 10. 
Act providing for appointment of State, repealed, 80. 
Director of State Veterinary Control Service must be, 83. 
To be employed by Stallion Registration Board, 107. 
Law regulating practice of veterinarv medicine, surgery and dentistry, 

328-336. 

VETERINARY CONTROL SERVICE, STATE— 

State Board of Stock Commissioners to cooperate with, 18. 
Director of, ex officio State Quarantine Officer, 70, 83. 
Established, 81-85. 
Director of, member and Secretary of State Rabies Commission, 86. 

VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS, STATE BOARD OF— 
Created ; powers and duties, 329-332, 334. 

VETERINARY MEDICINE, SURGERY AND DENTISTRY: LAW CON- 
CERNING THE PRACTICE OF— 

License for, must be procured, 328, 332. 



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State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners: creation; powers and 

duties, 329-332, 334. 
Practitioners of, must register, 333. 
Practice of, denned, 335. 
Penalties for violation of, 332, 336. 

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WASTE PRODUCTS— 

See Poisonous Solutions or Compounds. 

WATER— 

Restrictions as to herding, grazing and driving of live stock near. 148, 150. 
Failure to provide for animals unlawful : See Cruelty to Animals. 
Obstruction or pollution of, unlawful ; penalties. 317-322. 324, 325. 

WILDCATS— 

See Predatory and Noxious Animals. 

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